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Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1995 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Global Change Research Program Annual Report, 1995

Annual report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program documenting activities and progress, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 1995.
Date: 1995
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report and Analysis of Test Data From 1998 Trawl Positioning Gear Trails in the Puget Sound Dabob Bay, Washington (open access)

Report and Analysis of Test Data From 1998 Trawl Positioning Gear Trails in the Puget Sound Dabob Bay, Washington

A report about a test which can determine which USBL system performs best in conditions that approximate those in Bristol Bay, Alaska. In the future, the Alaska Fisheries Science Center will need to track bottom fishing trawls in order to assess their impact upon the sea floor biology in Alaska.
Date: December 1999
Creator: Connaughey, Robert MC
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 1995 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 1995

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on environmental and infrastructure needs within the states contiguous to Mexico.
Date: October 1995
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Development and Coastal Income Inequality: A Comparative Analysis (open access)

Oil and Gas Development and Coastal Income Inequality: A Comparative Analysis

Comparative analysis of family income inequality trends in coastal Louisiana.
Date: February 1995
Creator: Tolbert, Charles M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Species Workshop (open access)

Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Species Workshop

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Date: June 1999
Creator: McKay, Melanie; Nides, Judith; Lang, William & Vigil, Debra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Spring and Summer 1998: Final Report (open access)

Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Spring and Summer 1998: Final Report

Report of the mass mortality of fish and invertebrates resulting from the 1998 El Nino in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Mortality was linked to a condition of near anoxia caused by a confluence of unusual oceanographic stratification associated with coastal upwelling, algal proliferation, and climatic conditions.
Date: September 1999
Creator: Collard, Sneed B & Lugo-Fernandez, Alexis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Chronic Sources and Impacts of Tar along the Louisiana Coast (open access)

Characterization of Chronic Sources and Impacts of Tar along the Louisiana Coast

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Date: October 1993
Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina (open access)

Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina

Report on a study of migration patterns and density of loggerhead, leatherback, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in order to determine the potential impact of Mobil Oil's plan to drill an exploratory well 45 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, NC.
Date: February 1996
Creator: Keinath, J. A.; Musick, J. A. & Barnard, D. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment, Phase 1: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure, Interim Report. Year 1 (open access)

Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment, Phase 1: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure, Interim Report. Year 1

Interim report of the "Gulf of Mexico Offshore Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX): Phase 1" that analyzes the effects of offshore drilling and its resultant contaminants on the life cycles and composition of resident marine life. Data obtained from soil and tissue samples of marine life both near and far from contaminated areas is used to determine and manage the environmental changes rendered by offshore drilling.
Date: February 1994
Creator: Kennicutt, Mahlon C., II
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 1998 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 1998

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on the status of Executive Branch and other implementation of prior years' recommendations, as reported by the federal agencies' represented on the Board.
Date: July 1998
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wetlands Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's (open access)

Wetlands Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's

Report to Congress on the status of wetland resources in the United States. This report, a one-time effort, focuses on documenting historical wetland losses that occurred from colonial times through the 1980s.
Date: 1990
Creator: Dahl, Thomas E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves (open access)

Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves

A report about check and butterfly valves which can fail catastrophically. This can cause gas releases, fires, and vapor cloud explosions.
Date: September 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecosystem Analysis of the Louisiana Bight and Adjacent Shelf Environments, Volume 1: The Fate of Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Sediments of the Louisiana Bight (open access)

Ecosystem Analysis of the Louisiana Bight and Adjacent Shelf Environments, Volume 1: The Fate of Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Sediments of the Louisiana Bight

A report describing studies done to understand the coupling of the fifth largest river system in the world to coastal ecosystems in the Louisiana Bight.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Twilley, Robert R. & McKee, Brent A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cumulative Ecological Significance of Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico: Information Search, Synthesis, and Ecological Modeling; Phase I, Final Report (open access)

Cumulative Ecological Significance of Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico: Information Search, Synthesis, and Ecological Modeling; Phase I, Final Report

Phase 1, final report on the use of information searches and ecological modeling to assess the impact of petroleum platforms on the habitat and biota of the Gulf of Mexico in order to determine the potential changes that might occur with the removal of spent platforms.
Date: April 1998
Creator: Gallaway, B. J.; Cole, J. G.; Lissner, A.; Waddell, E.; Heilprin, D.; Wilson, C. A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 1996-1997 (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 1996-1997

A summary of the long-term observation of the delicate Flower Garden Banks coral reef ecosystem
Date: February 1999
Creator: Dokken, Quenton R.; MacDonald, Ian R.; Tunnell, John W. Jr.; Beaver, Carl R.; Boland, Gregory S. & Hagman, Derek K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Ambient Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Conditions Affecting EPA Class I and II Areas in Southeastern Louisiana, Volume 2: Appendices (open access)

Analysis of Ambient Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Conditions Affecting EPA Class I and II Areas in Southeastern Louisiana, Volume 2: Appendices

Appendices containing data that was collected as apart of a study on pollutants in Southeastern Louisiana. The four appendices include: [A] Gosier Island Hourly Data, [B] Breton Island (Chandeleur Islander) Hourly Data, [C] Pass-A-Loutre Hourly Data, and [D] Radiosonde Data.
Date: December 1996
Creator: Hsu, S. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Association of Sea Turtles with Petroleum Platforms in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Association of Sea Turtles with Petroleum Platforms in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

A report on the determination of density for five endangered sea turtle species in the vicinity of Gulf of Mexico drilling platforms no longer in use and slated for removal using explosives.
Date: June 1990
Creator: Lohoefener, Ren; Hoggard, Wayne; Mullin, Keith; Roden, Carol & Rogers, Carolyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Summaries from Selected Environmental Studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Technical Summaries from Selected Environmental Studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Report contains a collection of environmental studies conducted by the MMS in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico to guide and ensure responsible stewardship of the coastal and marine environments of the NE Gulf of Mexico and balance this against energy needs for the American public.
Date: July 1996
Creator: United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore (open access)

Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore

This report covers the Padre Island National Seashore's pollution problems. The report seeks to address the numerous wildlife injuries and deaths related to entanglement and ingestion.
Date: August 1996
Creator: Nationals Park Service. Padre Island National Seashore Resources Management Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecology of Live Bottom Habitats of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: A Community Profile (open access)

Ecology of Live Bottom Habitats of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: A Community Profile

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Date: 1999
Creator: Thompson, M. J.; Schroeder, W. W. & Phillips, N. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 1997 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 1997

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on changing the development paradigm along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to establish a sustainable development vision for the region.
Date: April 1997
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Logistics Recommendations for an Improved U.S. Arctic Research Capability (open access)

Logistics Recommendations for an Improved U.S. Arctic Research Capability

A report emphasizing the necessity for continued Arctic Research as the area becomes increasingly important, both regionally and globally.
Date: July 1997
Creator: Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Logistics Working Group
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wetlands: Status and Trends in the Conterminous United States Mid-1970s to Mid-1980s (open access)

Wetlands: Status and Trends in the Conterminous United States Mid-1970s to Mid-1980s

The object of this report is to produce comprehensive estimates of the United States wetlands acreage and how the wetlands have diminished since the 1970s. They also surveyed the vegetation and habitats.
Date: 1991
Creator: Dahl, Thomas E. & Johnson, Craig E.
System: The UNT Digital Library