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AGENDA 



MMS Northern Gulf of Mexico 

 Environmental Studies Planning Workshop 



Tuesday, August 15, 1989 

 SESSION I 



The MMS Perspective and Needs for Scientific 

 Input to the Management Process 



Co-Chairs: 



8:30 - 8:35 



8:35 - 9:50 



9:50 - 10:05 



10:05 - 10:20 



10:20 - 10:35 

 10:35 - 10:50 



10:50 - 11:05 



11:05 - 11:20 



11:20 - 11:40 



Dr. Robert Carney 



Dr. Robert Rogers 



Welcome, Announcements, and 

 Workshop Objectives 



Changing Emphases in OCS Studies 



The Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional 

 Perspective 



Characteristic Ecosystem Site 

 Monitoring Program 



BREAK 



Detection of Effects at Long-Term 

 Production Sites 



The Texas-Louisiana Marine 

 Ecosystems Study 



Status of the Texas-Louisiana 

 Ecosystems Physical Oceanography 

 Program 



A History of Efforts to Monitor and 

 Detect Long-Term Impacts 



Coastal Ecology Institute 

 Louisiana State University 



Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Robert Rogers 



Minerals management Service 



Dr. Thomas E. Ahlfeld 

 Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Richard Defenbaugh 

 Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Robert Rogers 



Minerals Management Service 



Dr. James Kendall 



Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Robert Avent 



Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Murray Brown 



Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Robert Carney 

 Louisiana State University 



