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REPORT DOCUMENTATION 

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1. REPORT NO. 



FWS/OBS-82/46* 



3- Recipient* Accession No 



4. Tine and Subtitle 



Ecological Characterization Atlas of Coastal Alabama: 

 Map Narrative 



5. Report Oate 



August 1984 



7. Author(s) 



Marvin F. Smith, 



(editor) 



Performing Organization Rept No 



9. Performing Organization Name and Address 



Soils Systems, Inc. 



525 Webb Industrial Drive 



Marietta, GA 30062 



10. Proiect/Task/Work Unit No 



12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address U.S. Department Of the Interior 



11. Contract(C) or Grant(G) No 



(C) 



(G) 



13. Type of Report & Period Covered 



Fish and Wildlife Service Minerals Management Service 



Division of Biological Services Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office 



National Coastal Ecosystems Team Metairie, LA 70010 

 Washington, DC 20240 



15. Supplementary Notes 



*Minerals Management Service Report No. MMS 84-0052 



16. Abstract (Limit. 200 words) 



This report is a descriptive explanation of data presented on 30 maps (maps not available 

 from NTIS) produced at a scale of 1:100,000 for the coastal Alabama Region - Mobile and 

 Baldwin Counties. Topics mapped include biological resources; socioeconomic features; 

 soils; oil, gas, and mineral resources; and hydrology and climatology. 



17. Document Analysis a. Descriptors 



Wildlife 

 Soils 

 Gas 

 Archaeology 



Fishes 



Oil 



Hydrology 



Transportation 



CI imate 

 Recreation 



b. Identifiers/Open-Ended Terms 



Mobile Bay 

 Baldwin 



c. COSATI Field/Group 



Wetlands 

 Mobile 



18. Availability Statement 



Unl i mi ted 



19. Security Class (This Report) 



Unclassified 



20. Security Class (This Page) 



Unclassified 



21. No of Pages 



189 





(See ANS1-Z39 18) 



OPTIONAL FORM 272 (4-77) 



(Formerly NTIS-35) 

 Department of Commerce 



