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Environmental Reports by Year and Report Number

The goals of the Environmental Studies Program are to obtain environmental and socioeconomic information that can be used to assess the potential and real effects of the United States offshore natural gas and oil program.  The information is used by decision makers to manage and regulate exploration, development, and production activities on the OCS.  

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2008

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
MMS 2008-001 Deepwater Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico:  Observations at 25.5°N and 87°W

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2007

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
MMS 2007-068 User’s Guide for the 2008 Gulfwide Offshore Activities Data System (GOADS-2008)
MMS 2007-067 Year 2005 Gulfwide Emission Inventory Study
MMS 2007-061 Study of Barite Solubility and the Release of Trace Components to the Marine Environment
MMS 2007-056 Full Water Column Currents near the Sigsbee Escarpment (91-92º W Longitude) and Relationships with the Loop Current and Associated Warm and Cold-Core Eddies
MMS 2007-044 Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard-Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral
MMS 2007-035 Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2007-034 Competition and Performance in Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999
MMS 2007-033 Cooperative Research to Study Dive Patterns of Sperm Whales in the Atlantic Ocean
MMS 2007-031 Idle Iron in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2007-030 Incorporation of Gulf of Mexico Benthic Survey Data into the Ocean Biogeographic Information System
MMS 2007-022 Full-Water Column Current Observations in the Central Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2007-019 Mixtures of Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons May Elicit Complex, Nonadditive Toxicological Interactions
MMS 2007-015 Archaeological and Biological Analysis of World War II Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico:  Artificial Reef Effect in Deepwater

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2006

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
MMS 2006-005 Fidelity of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) to Petroleum Platforms and Artificial Reefs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2006-011 Sustainable Community in Oil and Gas Country: Final Report
MMS 2006-028 Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments, Final Report
MMS 2006-030 Accounting for Socioeconomic Change from Offshore Oil and Gas: Cumulative Effects on Louisiana’s Coastal Parishes, 1969-2000
MMS 2006-034 Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico, Summary Report: 2002-2004
MMS 2006-035 Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2002-2003
MMS 2006-036 Study to Conduct National Register of Historic Places Evaluations of Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf
MMS 2006-037 Effect of Depth, Location, and Habitat Type, on Relative Abundance and Species Composition of Fishes Associated with Petroleum Platforms and Sonnier Bank in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2006-044
MMS 2006-045
MMS 2006-046		 Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development at Selected Continental Slope Sites in the Gulf of Mexico;
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
Volume III: Appendices
MMS 2006-063 Economic Effects of Petroleum Prices and Production in the Gulf of Mexico OCS on the U.S. Gulf Coast Economy
MMS 2006-064 Capital Investment Decisionmaking and Trends in Petroleum Resource Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2006-067 Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico, Annual Report: Years 3 and 4
MMS 2006-071 Annotated Bibliography of the Potential Environmental Impacts of Chlorination and Disinfection Byproducts Relevant to Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Port Facilities
MMS 2006-072 Mica Shipwreck Project Report: Deepwater Archaeological Investigation of a 19th Century Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2006-073
MMS 2006-074		 Exploratory Study of Deepwater Currents in the Gulf of Mexico
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report

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2005

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
MMS 2005-008 Visibility and Atmospheric Dispersion Capability over the Northern Gulf of Mexico:  Estimates and Observations of Boundary Layer Parameters
MMS 2005-009 Interactions Between Migrating Birds and Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico : Final Report

MMS 2005-012

Potential Spatial and Temporal Vulnerability of Pelagic Fish Assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico to Surface Oil Spills Associated with Deepwater Petroleum Development  
MMS 2005-016 Workshop on Socioeconomic Research Issues for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, February 2004
MMS 2005-019 Effects of Oil and Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography 2000-2004
MMS 2005-029 Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2005-031 Climatology of Ocean Features in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2005-032 Understanding the Processes that Maintain the Oxygen Levels in the Deep Gulf of Mexico, Synthesis Report
MMS 2005-038 Characterization of Algal-Invertebrate Mats at Offshore Platforms and the Assessment of Methods for Artificial Substrate Studies
MMS 2005-039 Aspects of the Louisiana Coastal Current
MMS 2005-044 Relative Contribution of Produced Water Discharge Oxygen Demand in the Development of Hypoxia
MMS 2005-047 Feasibility of Using Remote-sensing Techniques for Shoreline Delineation and Coastal Habitat Classification for Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping 
MMS 2005-054 Evaluating Sublethal Effects of Exposure to Petroleum Additiveson Fishes Associated with Offshore Platforms
MMS 2005-066 Proceedings: 23rd Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 2005
MMS 2005-067 Mapping Areas of Hard Bottom and Other Important Bottom Types: Outer Continental Shelf and Upper Continental Slope

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2004

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF

Executive
Summary

Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III - Appendices
MMS 2004-009 Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: A Decision- and Resource-Based Approach
MMS 2004-013 Intermediate Depth Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: PALACE Float Results for the Gulf of Mexico Between April 1998 and March 2002
MMS 2004-015 Minerals Management Service Environmental Studies Program:  A History of Biological Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico, 1973-2000
MMS 2004-016 Fiscal System Analysis: Concessionary and Contractual Systems Used in Offshore Petroleum Arrangements.
MMS 2004-017 Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography, Final Report
MMS 2004-022 Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report
MMS 2004-027 OCS-Related Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico Fact Book
MMS 2004-036 Observational and Predictive Study of Inner Shelf Currents over the Louisiana-Texas Shelf
MMS 2004-040 Strong Mid-Depth currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2004-041 Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects
MMS 2004-047 Supply Network for Deepwater Oil and Gas Development in the Gulf of Mexico: An Empirical Analysis of Demand for Port Services
MMS 2004-049
MMS 2004-050

MMS 2004-051		 History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana: Interim Report;
Volume I: Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry. 
Volume II: Bayou Lafourche – An Oral History of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry. 
Volume III: Samples of Interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces
MMS 2004-052 Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999
MMS 2004-057 Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry
MMS 2004-060 Boundary Layer Study in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2004-063 High-Resolution Integrated Hydrology-Hydrodynamic Model:  Development and Application to Barataria Basin, Louisiana
MMS 2004-067 Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico, Annual Report: Year 2
MMS 2004-070 User’s Guide for the 2005 Gulfwide Offshore Activities Data System (GOADS-2005):  Final Report
MMS 2004-071 Data Quality Control and Emissions Inventories of OCS Oil and Gas Production Activities in the Breton Area of the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2004-072 Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort  (NOTE: Non-Platform emissions changed as of May 2006)

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2003

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Summary

Publications in PDF
MMS 2003-004 Dynamics of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Gulf of Mexico:  1980-2000, Final Report
MMS 2003-005 Proceedings: 21st Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 2002
MMS 2003-009 Rigs and Reefs: a Comparison of the Fish Communities at Two Artificial Reefs, a Production Platform, and a Natural Reef in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2003-018 Modeling the Economic Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico: Methods and Applications 
MMS 2003-022 Labor Demand in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in the 1990s: The Louisiana Case
MMS 2003-029 Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2003-030 Workshop on Deepwater Environmental Studies Strategy:  A Five-Year Follow-Up and Planning for the Future
MMS 2003-031 Long-term Monitoring of the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2000-2001
MMS 2003-038 Environmental Justice Considerations in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
MMS 2003-040 Marine and Coastal Fishes Subject to Impingement by Cooling-Water Intake Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico:  An Annotated Bibliography
MMS 2003-041 Changing Patterns of Ownership and Control in the Petroleum Industry: Implications for the Market for Oil and Gas Leases in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999
MMS 2003-048
MMS 2003-049		 Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-situ Current Meters and PIES, Final Report
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
MMS 2003-060
MMS 2003-061
MMS 2003-062		 Refining and Revising the GOM OCS Region High Probability Model for Historic Shipwrecks
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Narrative
Volume III: Appendices
MMS 2003-063 Historical Reconstruction of the Contaminant Loading and Biological Responses in the Central Gulf of Mexico Shelf Sediments
MMS 2003-065 Preparation of an Interactive Key for Northern Gulf of Mexico Polychaete Taxonomy Employing the DELTA/INTKEY System
MMS 2003-069 Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf of Mexico, Annual Report: Year 1
MMS 2003-070 Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures - Information Synthesis Report
MMS 2003-072 Selected Aspects of the Ecology of the Continental Slope Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico: A Synopsis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study, 1983-1988
MMS 2003-073 Proceedings:  Twenty-Second Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting  (Best viewed with Adobe Acrobat 6.0)
MMS 2003-074 Modeling and Data Analysis of Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report

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2002

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
MMS 2002-004 Proceedings:  Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries:  Bringing Together New and Recent Research
MMS 2002-009 Effects of Simultaneous Exposure of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Hypoxia, and Prior Exposure on the Tolerance and Sublethal Responses of Marine Animals; Blue Crabs and Killifish: Final Report
MMS 2002-010 Economic Impact of Recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2002-011 Socioeconomic and Environmental Issues Analysis of Oil and Gas Activities in the Western Gulf of Mexico


MMS 2002-022
MMS 2002-023		 Social and Economic Impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Activities on Individuals and Families.
Volume I: Final Report
Volume II: Case Studies of Morgan City and New Iberia, Louisiana



MMS 2002-024
MMS 2002-025

MMS 2002-026		 Socioeconomic Baseline and Projections of the Impact of an OCS Onshore Base for Selected Florida Panhandle Communities
Volume I: Final Report
Volume II: Technical Description of the MMS Florida Panhandle Model
Volume III: User's Guide for the Model
MMS 2002-028 Observation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2002-035
MMS 2002-036		 Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities
 Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Final Report
MMS 2002-038 Outer Continental Shelf pipelines Crossing the Louisiana Coastal Zone: A Geographic Information System Approach


MMS 2002-044

MMS 2002-045

MMS 2002-046		 Boating Uses, Economic Significance, & Information Inventory for North Carolina’s Offshore Area, “The Point”
Volume I: Characterization of Recreational and Commercial Fisheries;
Volume II: Economic Analysis of “The Point” and Adjacent Counties: Baseline Information, Valuation, and Potential Impacts;
Volume III: Data Inventory Related to the Hatteras Middle Slope Bibliography
MMS 2002-048 Development of Bioremediation for Oil Spill Cleanup in Coastal Wetlands
MMS 2002-054 Socioeconomic Baseline Study for the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report: Description of the Dataset, 1930-1990 
MMS 2002-055 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography Study
MMS 2002-063 Deepwater Program:  Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology; Interim Report Year 2
MMS 2002-064 Lagrangian Study of Circulation, Transport, and Vertical Exchange in the Gulf of Mexico.
MMS 2002-072 Effect of the Oil and Gas Industry on Commuting and Migration Patterns in Louisiana: 1960-1990
MMS 2002-073 Emissions Inventories of OCS Production and Development Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
MMS 2002-077 Offshore Petroleum Platforms: Functional Significance for Larval Fish Across Longitudinal and Latitudinal Gradients
MMS 2002-078 Deepwater Program: Bluewater Fishing and Deepwater OCS Activity, Interactions Between the Fishing and Petroleum Industries in Deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico

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2001

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Summary

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MMS 2001-004 Fate and Effects of Barium and Radium-Rich Fluid Emissions from Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Benthic Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Louisiana

MMS 2001-011
MMS 2001-012		 Deepwater Program: Literature Review, Environmental Risks of Chemical Products Used in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil and Gas Operations
Volume I: Technical Report
Volume II: Appendices
MMS 2001-013 Forecasting the Number of Offshore Platforms on the Gulf of Mexico OCS to the Year 2023
MMS 2001-019
MMS 2001-020		 Lafourche Parish and Port Fourchon, Louisiana: Effects of the Outer Continental Shelf Petroleum Industry on the Economy and Public Services
Part 1
Part 2
MMS 2001-021 Workshop on Physical Oceanography Slope and Rise of the Gulf of Mexico, September 12-14, 2000
MMS 2001-025 Wind and Eddy Related Circulation on the Louisiana/Texas Shelf and Slope Determined from Satellite and In-Situ Measurements: October 1993-August 1994
MMS 2001-026
MMS 2001-027		 Assessment of Historical, Social, and Economic Impacts of OCS Development on Gulf Coast Communities
Volume I:  Executive Summary
Volume II: Narrative Report
MMS 2001-039 Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Species Workshop, June 1999
MMS 2001-050 Improved Geohazards and Benthic Habitat Evaluations: Digital Acoustic Data with Ground Truth Calibrations
MMS 2001-052 Air Quality:  User's Guide for the Gulfwide Offshore Activities Data System (GOADS):  Final Report
MMS 2001-054 Dispersion in Broad, Shallow Estuaries:  A Model Study
MMS 2001-057 Investigation of Pressure and Pressure Gradients Along the Louisiana/Texas Inner Shelf and Their Relationships to Wind Forcing and Current Variability
MMS 2001-062 Management of the Louisiana State University, Coastal Marine Institute Task Orders from 1992 - 1998, Final Report
MMS 2001-063 Spatial and Temporal Variability of Plankton Stocks based on Acoustic Backscatter Intensity and Direct Measurements in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2001-064 Deepwater Physical Oceanography Reanalysis and Synthesis of Historical Data: Synthesis Report  
NOTE: Data available upon request.  See report for ordering instructions.
MMS 2001-065 The Deep Sea Gulf of Mexico: An Overview and Guide
MMS 2001-077 Across-Shelf Larval, Postlarval, and Juvenile Fish Community Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a Coastal Rock Jetty West of the Mississippi River Delta
MMS 2001-078 How Does Produced Water Cause a Reduction in the Genetic Diversity of Harpacticoid Copepods?: Final Report
MMS 2001-080 Mississippi/Alabama Pinnacle Trend Ecosystem Monitoring, Final Synthesis Report
MMS 2001-081 Proceedings:  19th Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, November 30 - December 2, 1999
MMS 2001-082 Proceedings:  20th Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, December 2000
MMS 2001-091 Deepwater Program:  Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology, Year 1:  Interim Report
MMS 2001-093 Velocity and Transport Characteristics of the Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current during 1994
MMS 2001-094 Survival of a Hydrocarbon - Utilizing Bacterium when Introduced into Native and Foreign Environments
MMS 2001-095 Management Applicability of Contemporary Deep-Sea Ecology and Reevaluation of Gulf of Mexico Studies
MMS 2001-101 Long-term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 1998-1999
MMS 2001-102 Surface Circulation and the Transport of Loop Current into the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2001-103 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Inner Shelf Circulation Study

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2000

Technical
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Tech Summ Development of Alabama GIS Data in Support of the MMS Gulf-wide Information System (G-WIS)
MMS 2000-002
MMS 2000-003
MMS 2000-004		 Cetaceans, Sea Turtles, and Seabirds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Associations
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
Volume III: Data Appendix
MMS 2000-005 Seasonal and Spatial Variation in the Biomass and Size Frequency Distribution of Fish Associated with Oil and Gas Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 2000-009 Observation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico, Second Annual Report
MMS 2000-014 Air Quality and Dispersion Meteorology Over the Northeast Gulf of Mexico: Measurements, Analyses and Syntheses
MMS 2000-017 Oceanic Gas Hydrate Research and Activities Review
MMS 2000-027 Gulf-wide Information System (G-WIS) -- (ArcView Shapefiles and DBF Tables)
MMS 2000-028 Remote Sensing of Upwelling in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico and of Effects of Hurricanes Earl and Georges, Year 2, Annual Report
MMS 2000-030 Proceedings: 18th Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, December 1998
MMS 2000-042 Potential for Accelerated Bioremediation and Restoration of Oil-Impacted Marshes through the Selection of Superior Oil-Tolerant Vegetation
MMS 2000-044 Economic Effects of Coastal Alabama and Destin Dome Offshore Natural Gas Exploration, Development, and Production
MMS 2000-045 Dynamic Height and Seawater Transport across the Texas-Louisiana Shelf Break
MMS 2000-049
MMS 2000-050		 Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Environmental and Socioeconomic Data Search and Literature Synthesis;
Volume I: Technical Narrative 
Volume II: Annotated Bibliography
MMS 2000-053 Wave Climate and Bottom Boundary Layer Dynamics with Implications for Offshore Sand Mining and Barrier Island Replenishment in South-Central Louisiana
MMS 2000-060 Biodegradation of Aromatic Heterocycles from Petroleum-Produced Water and Pyrogenic Sources in Marine Sediments
MMS 2000-064 Environmental Impacts of Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids
MMS 2000-065 Coastal Alabama Offshore Natural Gas Economic Projection Model
MMS 2000-074 Physical/Biological Oceanographic Integration Workshop for the DeSoto Canyon and Adjacent Shelf, October 19-21, 1999
MMS 2000-075 Meteorology of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico:  Data from 1995 to 1997, Final Report
MMS 2000-078 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography Study, Annual Report: Year 3

MMS 2000-079
MMS 2000-080		 DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion, Final Report
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
MMS 2000-081 User's Guide for the Breton Offshore Activities Data System (BOADS) for Air Quality, Final Report
MMS 2000-083 Effects of Oil and Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography
MMS 2000-086 Studying and Verifying the Use of Chemical Biomarkers for Identifying and Quantitating Oil Residues in the Environment
MMS 2000-087 Estimation of Fisheries Impacts Due to Underwater Explosions Used to Sever and Salvage Petroleum Platforms

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1999

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MMS 99-0001 Development and Application of a Sublethal Toxicity Test to PAH Using Marine Harpacticoid Copepods
MMS 99-0004 Ecology of Live Bottom Habitats of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico; A Community Profile
MMS 99-0005 Long-Term Monitoring of the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 1996-1997
MMS 99-0028 Economic and Social Consequences of the Oil Spill in Lake Barre, Louisiana
MMS 99-0031 History of Coastal Alabama Natural Gas Exploration and Development, Final Report
MMS 99-0033 User's Guide for the Breton Offshore Activities Data System (BOADS) (with CD-ROM)
MMS 99-0037 Development and Characterization of Sea Anemones as Bioindicators of Offshore Resource Exploitation and Environmental Impact
MMS 99-0042 Proceedings: 17th Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, December 1997
MMS 99-0049 Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico During Spring and Summer 1998, Final Report
MMS 99-0050 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Characterization and Data Information Management System (CD-ROM)
MMS 99-0051 DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Annual Report: Year 3
MMS 99-0054 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program: Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography, Second Annual Report
MMS 99-0055 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Ecosystem Monitoring, Mississippi/Alabama Shelf, Third Annual Interim Report
MMS 99-0060 Effect of Produced-Water Discharge on Bottom Sediment Chemistry

MMS 99-0063
MMS 99-0064		 Stakeholders' Issues in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Volume I: Technical Report
Volume II: Annotated Bibliography

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1998

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Tech Summ Texas Environmental Sensitivity Index Project for the Central Texas Coast
Tech Summ Mississippi Environmental Sensitivity Index Project for the Mississippi Coast
Tech Summ Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping of the West Coast of Florida
MMS 98-0018 Effects and Management of Oil Spills in Marsh Ecosystems: A Review Produced from a Workshop Convened July 1996 at McNeese University
MMS 98-0020 Long-Term Measurements of SO2 and NO2 Concentrations and Related Meteorological Conditions in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Interim Report
MMS 98-0021 Environmental & Safety Risks of an Expanding Role for Independents on the Gulf of Mexico OCS
MMS 98-0022 Workshop on Environmental Issues Surrounding Deepwater Oil and Gas Development 
MMS 98-0024 North Carolina/MMS Technical Workshop on Manteo Unit Exploration, February 4-5, 1998
MMS 98-0034 Stability and Change in Gulf of Mexico Chemosynthetic Communities, Interim Report
MMS 98-0035
MMS 98-0036		 Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study, Synthesis Report
Volume I: Technical Report
Volume II: Appendices
MMS 98-0039 Long-term Effects of Contaminants from OCS Produced-water Discharges at Pelican Island Facility, Louisiana
MMS 98-0040 An Observational Study of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya Coastal Plume: Final Report
MMS 98-0043 Meteorology of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Interim Report
MMS 98-0044 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Ecosystem Monitoring, Mississippi/Alabama Shelf; Second Annual Interim Report
MMS 98-0046 Social and Economic Consequences of Onshore OCS-Related Activities in Coastal Alabama Final Baseline Report - Economic Baseline of the Alabama Coastal Region
MMS 98-0050 A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions
MMS 98-0051 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program: Eddy Monitoring and Remote Sensing, First Annual Report
MMS 98-0052 Coastal Marine Environmental Modeling
MMS 98-0053 DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study, Annual Report: Year 2
MMS 98-0056 Observation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico, First Annual Report
MMS 98-0057 Assessment of PAH Composition of Diesel Fuel Sorbed to Marine Sediments and Their Toxicity to Aquatic Food Webs
MMS 98-0060 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography Study between the Mississippi Delta and Tampa Bay, Annual Report: Year 1

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1997

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Summary

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ESS 1997-2 Distribution and Abundance of Cetaceans in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Interim Report No. 1
MMS 97-0003 Managing Oil Spills in Mangrove Ecosystems: Effects, Remediation, Restoration, and Modeling
MMS 97-0005 Coastal Currents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
MMS 97-0020 Characterization and Trends of Recreational and Commercial Fishing from the Florida Panhandle
MMS 97-0028 DeSoto Canyon Eddy Intrusion Study - Annual Report: Year 1
MMS 97-0036 Cumulative Ecological Significance of Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico: Information Search, Synthesis, and Ecological Modeling; Phase 1, Final Report
MMS 97-0037 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Ecosystem Monitoring, Mississippi/Alabama Shelf; First Annual Interim Report
MMS 97-0038 Proceedings: Sixteenth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting
MMS 97-0042 Satellite Oceanography Study and Oceanic Atlas Project, Final Report
MMS 97-0043
MMS 97-0044		 Cumulative Ecological Significance of Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico: A Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Habitat Suitability Model--Phase II
User Manual
Model Description
MMS 97-0045 Effects Oil and Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography

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1996

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MMS 96-0004 Instrument Performance and Data Quality Control Analyses for the Physical Oceanography Field Program Offshore North Carolina
MMS 96-0014 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Data Search and Synthesis, Synthesis Report


MMS 96-0015
MMS 96-0016
MMS 96-0017
MMS 96-0018
MMS 96-0019
MMS 96-0020		 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: Offshore Data Search and Synthesis
Appendix A - Physical Oceanography
Appendix B - Meteorology
Appendix C - Geology
Appendix D - Chemistry
Appendix E - Biology
Appendix F, Part 1 - Socioeconomics
Appendix F, Part 2 - County Socioeconomic Summaries
MMS 96-0022 Mississippi River Plume Hydrography, Second Annual Report
MMS 96-0023 Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore, March 1994 - September 1995
MMS 96-0024 Proceedings: Fourteenth Annual Information Transfer Meeting
MMS 96-0025 Technical Summaries from Selected Environmental Studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico


MMS 96-0026
MMS 96-0027
MMS 96-0028		 Distribution and Abundance of Cetaceans in the North-Central and Western Gulf of Mexico, Final Report
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
Volume III:  Appendix A
Volume III:  Appendix B
Volume III:  Appendix C, Part 1
Volume III:  Appendix C, Part 2
MMS 96-0030 Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study: Year 3, Annual Report
MMS 96-0046 Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks
MMS 96-0050 Mariculture Associated with Oil and Gas Structures: A Compendium
MMS 96-0051
MMS 96-0052		 Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program:  Eddy Circulation Study, Final Synthesis Report
Volume I: Technical Report
Volume II: Appendices
MMS 96-0055

MMS 96-0057		 Ecosystem Analysis of the Louisiana Bight and Adjacent Shelf Environments
Volume I: The Fate of Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Sediments of the Louisiana Bight
Volume II: Bibliography of Ecological Studies
MMS 96-0056 Proceedings: Fifteenth Annual Information Transfer Meeting
MMS 96-0059 Wave Climate Modeling & Evaluation Relative to Sand Mining on Ship Shoal, Offshore Louisiana, for Coastal & Barrier Island Restoration
MMS 96-0062
MMS 96-0063		 Analysis of Ambient Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Conditions Affecting EPA Class I and II Areas in Southeastern Louisiana
Volume I:   Technical Report
Volume II:  Appendices
MMS 96-0067 Numerical Simulation of Gulf of Mexico Under Present and Glacial Climatic Conditions

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1995

Technical
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ESS 1995-1 Cooperative Studies of the Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico in June 95: Cross-Strait CTD and XBT, Yucatan Channel from B/O Antares (Technical Report 95-09-T)
ESS 1995-2 Hydrographic Data from R/V Gyre Cruise 94G-08 (Technical Report 95-01-T)
ESS 1995-3 Hydrographic Surveys of Eddy Yucatan and of the Adjacent Continental Margin of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 9-14 October & 19-24 November 1994 (Technical Report 95-02-T)
ESS 1995-4 Ship of Opportunity Hydrographic Data from the NW Gulf of Mexico from R/V Gyre Cruises 94G-11 and 95G-01 (Technical Report 95-03-T)
ESS 1995-5 Cooperative Studies of the Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico in June 95: CTD and XBT Sections through the Loop Current and Eddy Z, from R/V Gyre Cruise 95G-03 (Technical Report 95-08-T)
ESS 1995-6 Hydrographic Data of Opportunity from the Texas Continental Shelf, 1-2 April 1995 (Technical Report 95-07-T)
MMS 95-0019 Measurements of Sulfur Dioxide Concentration and Atmospheric Structure in Delta and Breton Wildlife Refuges, Louisiana in the Summer 1993
MMS 95-0020 Bioavailability and Genotoxicity of Produced Water Discharges Associated with Offshore Drilling Operations

MMS 95-0021
MMS 95-0022
MMS 95-0023		 Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Study, Final Report
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
Volume III: Appendices
MMS 95-0024 Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles Off North Carolina, Final Report
MMS 95-0027 Louisiana/Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program: Eddy Circulation Study, Annual Report, Year 2
MMS 95-0028 Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and transport Processes Study, Year 2 Annual Report
MMS 95-0029 Synthesis of Available Biological, Geological, Chemical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Resource Information for the South Florida Area, Supplemental Report: A Comparison of Seagrass Beds in Panama and South Florida
MMS 95-0031 Oil in the Gulf: Past Development, Future Prospects
MMS 95-0032 Outer Continental Shelf Issues: Central Gulf of Mexico

MMS 95-0038
MMS 95-0039
MMS 95-0040		 Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Study, Final Report
Volume I: Summary of Data Analysis and Modeling
Volume II: Data Analysis Appendices A-M
Volume III: Inventory Preparation, Appendices N-P
MMS 95-0045 Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX), Phase I: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure
MMS 95-0055 Characteristics and Possible Impacts of a Restructured OCS Oil and Gas Industry in the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 95-0056 Modeling the Structure and Performance of Integrated and Independent Producers in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
MMS 95-0063
 Symposium Proceedings: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Oil Spills in Coastal Ecosystems: Assessing Effects, Natural Recovery, and Progress in Remediation Research - New Orleans, Louisiana July 14-15, 1994

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1994

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
ESS 1994-1 Circulation on the Continental Shelf Between 87 Degrees W and 90 Degrees W with Data Appendix, Final Report, Volume 1 (Technical Report 94-09-A)
ESS 1994-2 Biloxi Bay Hydrology and Selected Chemistry with Data Appendix, Final Report, Volume 2 (Technical Report 94-09-B)
ESS 1994-3 St. Louis Bay Hydrology and Selected Chemistry with Data Appendix, Final Report, Volume 3 (Technical Report 94-09-C)
ESS 1994-4 Hydrographic Data from a July 1994 Transit-of-Opportunity from Key West, Florida, to Galveston, Texas: R/V Gyre Cruise 94G-05, Leg Two (Technical Report 94-03-T)
ESS 1994-5 Hydrographic Data from R/V Gyre Cruise 94G-07 (Technical Report 94-04-T)
ESS 1994-6 Ship of Opportunity Hydrographic Data From R/V Gyre Cruises to the NW and Central Gulf of Mexico in May 1994 (Technical Report 94-02-T)
ESS 1994-7 GulfCet Cruise 06 Hydrographic Data: XBT, CTD, and Niskin Bottle Data from August 27 - September 7, 1993, Cruise on R/V Pelican (Technical Report 94-02-T)
ESS 1994-8 Marine Mammals and Birds in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: GulfCet Cruises 01-07, April 1992-December 1993 (Technical Report 94-04-T)
ESS 1994-9 GulfCet Cruise 05 Hydrographic Data: XBT, CTD, and Niskin Bottle Data from May 23 - June 5, 1993 Cruise on R/V Pelican (Technical Report 94-01-T)
ESS 1994-10 GulfCet Cruise 07 Hydrographic Data: XBT, CTD, and Niskin Bottle Data from December 4-13, 1993 Cruise on R/V Pelican (Technical Report 94-03-T)
ESS 1994-11 Physical Oceanographic Field Program Offshore North Carolina, Second Annual Progress Report (Technical Report 94-05-T)
MMS 94-0003
MMS 94-0004		 Distribution and Abundance of Marine Mammals in the North-Central and Western Gulf of Mexico, Interim Report
Volume I: Technical Report
Volume II: Appendix
MMS 94-0005 Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX), Phase I: Sublethal Response to Contaminant Exposure, Interim Report: Year 1
MMS 94-0007 Dominant Infaunal Communities at Risk in Shoreline Habitats: Burrowing Thalassinid Crustacea
MMS 94-0016 Social and Economic Impacts of Petroleum "Boom and Bust" Cycles
MMS 94-0018 User's Guide: Minerals Management Service Outer Continental Shelf Activity Database (MOAD)
MMS 94-0021 Dispersed Oil Toxicity Tests with Biological Species Indigenous to the Gulf of Mexico
MMS 94-0023 Synopsis of Biological Data on the Kemp's Ridley Turtle, Lepidochelys kempi (Garman 1880)
MMS 94-0026 Backfilling Canals as a Wetland Restoration Technique in Coastal Louisiana
MMS 94-0027 Louisiana/Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program: Eddy Circulation Study, Annual Report: Year 1
MMS 94-0028 Mississippi River Plume Hydrography: Annual Report, December 1993
MMS 94-0029
MMS 94-0030		 Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study: Year 1, Annual Report,
Volume I: Executive Summary
Volume II: Technical Report
MMS 94-0033 Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Aromatic Hydrocarbons on a Sediment Food Web
MMS 94-0044 Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Workshop, Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Tallahassee, Florida, April 5-7, 1994
MMS 94-0046 A Description of the Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Study Data Archives Files, Technical Memorandum
MMS 94-0047 A Physical Oceanographic Field Program Offshore North Carolina, Final Synthesis Report
MMS 94-0052 Oil and Gas Development and Coastal Income Inequality: A Comparative Analysis
MMS 94-0053 Satellite Based Assessment of the Mississippi River Discharge Plume's Spatial Structure and Temporal Variability
MMS 94-0054 Effects of Bottom Water Hypoxia on Benthic Communities of the Southeastern Louisiana Continental Shelf
MMS 94-0055 The Recovery of a Deltaic Barrier Island from Hurricane and Oil Spill Impacts in Coastal Louisiana
MMS 94-0056 Fates and Effects of N-, O-, and S- Heterocycles (NOSHs) from Petroleum and Pyrogenic Sources in Marine Sediments
MMS 94-0061 Proceedings: Thirteenth Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting
MMS 94-0062 Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography

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1993

Technical
Summary

Publications in PDF
ESS 1993-1 Hydrographic Data from the Louisiana-Texas Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico: TIGER Cruise 92G-10: Galveston, TX - Pensacola, FL (Technical Report 93-01-T)
ESS 1993-2 Ship-of-Opportunity Hydrographic Transect of Warm-Core Eddies 'U' and ' V': 28-31 October 1992, Texas Institutions Gulf Ecosystem Research (TIGER) Cruise 92G-13: Marco Island, FL to Galveston, TX (Technical Report 93-02-T)
ESS 1993-3 Calibration and Performance of the Pressure and Temperature Sensors in the Coastal Leasing, Inc., MiniSpec Directional Wave Gauge (Technical Report 93-07-T)
ESS 1993-4 Ship-of-Opportunity Hydrographic Data, R/V Gyre Cruises 93G-09, 93G-10, and 93G-11 in August-September-October 1993 (Technical Report 93-08-T)
ESS 1993-5 A Synopsis of Hydrographic Data from the TAMU Ship of Opportunity Program: XBT, CTD, and Bottle Data Collected from Gulf of Mexico November 1989-September 1993
ESS 1993-6 GulfCet Cruise 02 Hydrographic Data: XBT, CTD, and Niskin Bottle Data from 10-25 August, 1992 Cruise on R/V Pelican (Technical Report 92-02-T)
ESS 1993-7 Ship of Opportunity Hydrographic Data from R/V Gyre Cruise 93G-03: Galveston, Texas, to Colon, Panama (Technical Report 93-04-T)