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ACCESS NUMBER: 30991
STUDY TITLE: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study
REPORT TITLE: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study; Final Report
CONTRACT NUMBER: 1435-01-99-CT-30991 (M99PC00001)
SPONSORING OCS REGION: Gulf of Mexico
APPLICABLE PLANNING AREA: Northern
FISCAL YEARS OF PROJECT FUNDING: 1999-2006
COMPLETION DATE OF REPORT: July 2009
COSTS: $5,325,713
PROJECT MANAGERS: Gilbert T. Rowe; Mahlon C. Kennicutt II
AFFILIATION: Texas A&M University
ADDRESS: Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77551
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Gilbert T. Rowe; Jody Deming; Paul Montagna; Richard Haedrich; Richard Heard; John
Morse
KEY WORDS: Benthic Ecology, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Contaminants, Microbiota, Foraminifera, Meiofauna,
Macrofauna, Demersal Fishes, Megafauna, Physical Oceanography, Hydrography, Geological Oceanography,
Biogeochemistry, Geochemistry, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Modeling, Habitats, Diversity, Zonation, Food Web, and
Carbon Cycle
BACKGROUND: The Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos (DGoMB) project was initiated in 1999 for the U.S. Department of the
Interior's Minerals Management Service. MMS sought to investigate the structure and function of the biota associated
with the sea floor in the deep water of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the study has been to determine how
living resources inhabiting deep-water habitats might be impacted by oil and gas exploration and exploitation. The
strategy of the initial stage of the field work was to survey a broad region from which community structure could be
determined, and to conduct extensive sampling of physio-chemical variables within both the water column and the
sediments of the sea floor.
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