Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies (open access)

Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies

This report is about the composition of biofouling communities for three different offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Research methods included a video survey, high resolution photography, scrape samples, and settling plates.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Carney, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pay Secrecy (open access)

Pay Secrecy

This article discusses the rights of female workers and lists laws associated with equal wages. It provides information about about wage gaps between men and women.
Date: June 2016
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Working Families Across the Country: Highlights of the Department of Labor's Regional Forums (open access)

Working Families Across the Country: Highlights of the Department of Labor's Regional Forums

This is a fact-sheet by the Department of labor on fulfilling the organizations vision on promoting and protecting opportunities for all workers.
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf of Mexico Regional Oil Spill Response Plan (open access)

Gulf of Mexico Regional Oil Spill Response Plan

A guide of actions that should be immediately taken and notifications that must be made in the event Shell Offshore, Inc. experiences an oil spill.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Shell Offshore, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2011-2012, Volume 1: Technical Report (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2011-2012, Volume 1: Technical Report

This is a study on the 25 years of continuous monitoring of coral reefs in the East and West Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico. The study was based on concerns of the impact of offshore oil and gas impact on these sensitive reefs.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Johnston, Michelle A.; Nuttall, Marissa F.; Eckert, Ryan J.; Embesi, John A.; Slowey, Niall C.; Hickerson, Emma L. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico. Summary Report: 2002-2004 (open access)

Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico. Summary Report: 2002-2004

Report on the effect of human-generated sounds from offshore drilling on Sperm Whale in order to mitigate the negative impact of anthropogenic sound on whale behavior, navigation, and ability to communicate and locate effectively.
Date: June 2006
Creator: Jochens, A.; Biggs, D.; Engelhaupt, D.; Gordon, J.; Jaquet, N.; Johnson, M. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aspects of the Louisiana Coastal Current (open access)

Aspects of the Louisiana Coastal Current

This report is about the status of existing reduced dimensional models of the dynamics of the Louisiana Coastal Current. Local, wind-driven models reproduce credibly the flow variability during the winter season.
Date: June 2005
Creator: United States. Coastal Marine Institute.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico

The tuft coral Lophelia pertusa is a deep-water coral that is very slow to develop and fragile, which makes recovery from any type of damage a very slow process. Current fishing practices and oil drilling are destructive processes that effect these coral systems. The goal of this paper is to learn more about the Lophelia pertusa and determine how best to protect these deep-water systems.
Date: June 2007
Creator: Schroeder, William W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Rajiv Shah to John Kerry, June 1, 2011] (open access)

[Letter from Rajiv Shah to John Kerry, June 1, 2011]

Letter from Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to John Kerry, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the U.S. Senate regarding the findings of a report titled "Evaluating U.S. Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan." The letter discusses the work that USAID has done in Afghanistan to work with military and civilian partners, as well as ongoing programs and plans for the future.
Date: June 1, 2011
Creator: Shah, Rajiv
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
California's Paid Family Leave Law-Lessons from the First Decade (open access)

California's Paid Family Leave Law-Lessons from the First Decade

This report looks at the first ten years of California's paid family leave law.
Date: June 23, 2014
Creator: Bartel, Ann, Ph.D.; Baum, Charles, Ph.D.; Rossin-Slater, Maya, Ph.D.; Ruhm, Christopher, Ph.D. & Waldfogel, Jane, Ph.D.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Summary: University Research Initiative on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Project Summary: University Research Initiative on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico

Summary describing the work completed at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for the university research initiative on the effects of offshore petroleum development in the Gulf of Mexico on the effects of tar on the Louisiana coastline. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 1993
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report 1 (open access)

Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Interim Report 1

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Date: June 2008
Creator: Brooks, James M.; Fisher, Charles; Roberts, Harry; Bernard, Bernie; MacDonald, Ian; Carney, Robert et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family and Medical Leave (open access)

Paid Family and Medical Leave

Fact sheet outlining highlights of paid family and medical leave, including the need for paid leave, benefits, and goals of the Obama administration.
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Labor.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at CMI Study Platforms: Developing Survey Design and Quality Assurance for Artificial Substrate Studies (open access)

Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at CMI Study Platforms: Developing Survey Design and Quality Assurance for Artificial Substrate Studies

Report summary that investigated and analyzed algal fouling of three offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico in order to develop efficient and effective guidelines for future, wider area, long-term studies of algal fouling.
Date: June 2005
Creator: Carney, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico

This report summary describes the objective of the research is to examine how offshore structures producing and processing hydrocarbons are removed from the Gulf of Mexico. Using this research, they developed a model to forecast the removal of offshore structures.
Date: June 2005
Creator: Kaiser, M.J.; Mesyanzhinov, D.V. & Pulsipher, A.G.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Physical Oceanography Reanalysis and Synthesis of Historical Data] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Physical Oceanography Reanalysis and Synthesis of Historical Data]

Summary describing the work completed at Texas A&M University for 'Deepwater Physical Oceanography Reanalysis and Synthesis of Historical Data.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 2001
Creator: Texas A & M University
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Hypoxia on the Interpretation of Effects of Petroleum Production Activities (open access)

Influence of Hypoxia on the Interpretation of Effects of Petroleum Production Activities

This study looks at the effects of offshore petroleum development in the form of a produced water discharge could be identified on the Louisiana continental shelf and placed in the context of natural, temporal variability as caused by hypoxic bottom waters (page v).
Date: June 1993
Creator: Rabalais, Nancy N.; Smith, Lorene E.; Overton, Edward B. & Zoeller, Anne L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climatology of Ocean Features in the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report (open access)

Climatology of Ocean Features in the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report

Final research report project that used twelve different statistics to develop a climatology of currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The results are advantageous for planning future programs, providing information for environmental impact statements, furthering additional studies, and guiding oil and gas exploration.
Date: June 2005
Creator: Vukovich, Fred M.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Articles, Materials, and Supplies Manufactured Outside of U.S., Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

Articles, Materials, and Supplies Manufactured Outside of U.S., Fiscal Year 2008

A letter sent to multiple people reporting on the status of the purchases of articles, materials, and supplies manufactured outside of the United States for Fiscal Year 2008.
Date: June 8, 2009
Creator: Milligan, Chris
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microenterprise Results Reporting: Annual Report to Congress, Fiscal Year 2008 (open access)

Microenterprise Results Reporting: Annual Report to Congress, Fiscal Year 2008

This report summarizes USAID's investments and priorities in microfinance and microenterprise development.
Date: June 2009
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climatology of Ocean Features in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Climatology of Ocean Features in the Gulf of Mexico

Summary report on a project that used twelve different statistics to develop a climatology of currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The results are advantageous for planning future programs, providing information for environmental impact statements, furthering additional studies, and guiding oil and gas exploration.
Date: June 2005
Creator: Vukovich, Fred M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compilation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (open access)

Compilation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

This document is of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act consolidating the amendments made by title X of the Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Date: June 9, 2010
Creator: United States. Congress. House.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paid Family Medical Leave: Supporting Families, Businesses, and the Economy (open access)

Paid Family Medical Leave: Supporting Families, Businesses, and the Economy

A report about paid leave in Montana. It uses evidence from state-initiated paid leave programs and national studies to examine how paid leave benefits families, businesses, and the economy.
Date: June 2015
Creator: Montana Budget & Policy Center
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library