TABLE OF CONTENTS 



LIST OF FIGURES xi 



LIST OF TABLES xiii 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 



1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 



1.1 Background 5 



1.2 Purposes 5 



1.3 Symposium and Workshop Structure 5 



2.0 INVITED PRESENTATIONS 7 



2.1 An Introduction to Changing Management Needs 9 



2.1.1 CHANGING EMPHASES IN OCS STUDIES 11 



Dr. Thomas E. Ahlfeld, Staff Oceanographer 

 MMS, Branch of Environmental Studies 



2.1.2 MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE PLANNING 15 

 FOR NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL 

 STUDIES: THE GULF OF MEXICO OCS REGIONAL 



OFFICE PERSPECTIVE 



Dr. Richard E. Defenbaugh, Chief 

 Environmental Studies Section 

 MMS, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 



2.1.3 PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM MONITORING AT SELECTED 19 

 MARINE ECOSYSTEM SITES 



Dr. Robert M. Rogers, Environmental Studies Staff 

 MMS, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 



2.1.4 DETECTION OF EFFECTS AT LONG-TERM 23 

 PRODUCTION SITES 



Dr. James J. Kendall, Environmental Studies Staff 

 MMS, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 



2.1.5 TEXAS AND LOUISIANA SHELF ECOSYSTEMS STUDY 29 



Dr. Robert M. Avent, Environmental Studies Staff 

 MMS, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 



2.1.6 LOUISIANA/TEXAS SHELF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 33 

 PROGRAM: A STATUS REPORT 



Dr. Murray Brown, Environmental Studies Staff 

 MMS, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 



