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REPORT DOCUMENTATION 

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1. REPORT NO. 



4. Title and Subtitle 



Northern Gulf of Mexico Environmental Studies Planning Workshop 

 Proceedings of a Workshop Held in New Orleans 



7. Author(s) Robert S. Carney, Editor.Coastal Ecological Institute, Louisiana State University, 

 Baton Rouge, LA 



9. Performing Organization Name and Address 



Minerals Management Service 

 Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 

 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard 

 New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 



12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address 



Minerals Management Service 

 Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 

 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard 

 New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2384 



3. Recipient's Accession No. 



5. Report Date 

 June 1990 date published 



6. 



8. Performing Organization Rept. No. 

 MMS 90-00 18 



10. Project/Task/Work Unit No. 



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

 (C) 14-35-0001-30455 



(G) 



13. Type of Report & Period Covered 

 Proceedings Volume, 8/15-17/89 



14. 



15. Supplementary Notes prepared under contract between Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, and Geo-Marine, Inc., 

 1316 14th Street, Piano, TX 75074 



16. Abstract (Limit: 200 words) 



A meeting was held on August 15-17, 1989, in New Orleans, Louisiana to provide technical input into three 

 planned Minerals Management Service (MMS) studies in the Gulf of Mexico. These studies were to be (1) a 

 process oriented ecosystem study in the Texas and Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) region (The 

 TEXLA Ecosystem Study), (2) a long-term monitoring program designed to understand natural variation 

 throughout the Gulf of Mexico OCS (The Long-Term Monitoring Study), and (3) a study to examine the 

 potential of low-level, chronic impacts possibly associated with low-level, long-term chronic stresses at established 

 oil and gas activities (Effects of Long-Term Production Sites). MMS staff presented these projects from the 

 management perspective. Invited scientists with a breadth of expertise on coastal ocean processes then gave brief 

 technical contributions for approximately one day. Following the presentations, three separate working groups 

 were formed to address specific issues of design. 



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18. Availability Statement Public Information Unit (Mail Stop OPS-3-4), 

 U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, 

 Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

 New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 



19. Security Class (This Report) 

 Unclassified 



20. Security Class (This Page) 

 Unclassified 



21. No. of Pages 

 156 



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