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MHS Northern Gulf of Mexico 

 Environmental Studies Planning Workshop 



Wednesday, August 16, 1989 

 SESSION IV 



The Texas-Louisiana Shelf Marine Ecosystem 



Co-Chairs: 



10:25 - 10:55 



10:55 - 11:10 



11:25 - 11:40 



11:40 - 11:55 



11:55 - 12:05 



12:05 - 12:20 



12:20 - 12:35 



Dr. Eugene Turner 

 Dr. Gilbert Rowe 



Dr. Robert Avent 



Long-Term Changes in Coastal 

 Systems 



Processes of the Shelf Ecosystem in the 

 Texas-Louisiana Region 



Current Regimes of the Texas- 

 Louisiana Shelf 



Hydrocarbons of the Texas-Louisiana 

 Region OCS 



Ecosystems of the Texas-Louisiana 

 OCS Region 



Ecosystems of the Mississippi-Alabama 

 OCS Region 



Factors Limiting Productivity on the 

 Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental 

 Shelf 



Coastal Ecology Institute 

 Louisiana State University 



Department of Oceanography 

 Texas A&M University 



Minerals Management Service 



Dr. Eugene Turner 

 Louisiana State University 



Dr. Gilbert Rowe and 

 Dr. Rezneat Darnell 

 Texas A&M University 



Dr. William Wiseman 

 Louisiana State University 



Dr. Charles Kennicutt 



Geochemical and Environmental Research 



Group 



Texas A&M University 



Dr. Nancy Rabalais 



Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium 



(LUMCON) 



Dr. William Schroeder 



Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory 



Dr. Quay Dortch 



Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium 



(LUMCON) 



