Ongoing Environmental Studies - Gulf Of America

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PROJECT PERIOD

Air Quality

GM-19-03GOMR Coastal Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program: A Pilot StudyRen2019-2023
GM-22-01Impact of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells on Air and Water Quality in the Gulf of MexicoRen2023-2025

Archaeology

GM-13-03cA Comparative Analysis of an Oil Spill on the Biota Inhabiting Several Gulf of Mexico Shipwrecks: Microbial AnalysisDamour2013-2017
GM-19-04-01Investigation of an Ancient Bald Cypress Forest in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Phase 2Jones2020-2023

Baseline

GM-20-02Characterizing the seafloor in the mesophotic zone data gapSorset2020-2024
GM-18-x01Long-Term Coral Reef Monitoring at the Flower Garden Banks (FGB), Gulf of Mexico: 2019-2022Caporaso2019-2023

Biology

GM-14-06Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2014-2017Roscigno2014-2019
GM-1405bCoral Reef Ocean Acidification Sentinel Site in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine SanctuaryRoscigno2014-2019
GM-1405aCoral Reef Ocean Acidification Sentinel Site in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine SanctuaryBelter2014-2017
GM-14-06Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2014-2017Belter2014-2017

Fates and Effects

MM-19-01Ecological Function and Recovery of Biological Communities within Sand Shoal Habitats within the Gulf of MexicoRogers2019-2024
GM-20-01bAssessing the Impact of Seismic Airguns on Commercially and Recreationally-important FishSegarra2021-2023
GM-20-01aAssessing the Impact of Seismic Airguns on Commercially and Recreationally-important FishSegarra2021-2023
GM-19-04-03Impact of Non-linear Sedimentation on Dredge Area Benthic Ecosystem on Louisiana ShelfBarton2020-2023
GM-19-02Wind Tunnel Experiments for Oil and Gas Platform and Drilling Rig DownwashHernandez2020-2022
GM-19-01An analysis of seafloor impacts on the Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf for adaptive management strategiesSorset2019-2022
GM-17-x20Pressure Wave and Acoustic Properties Generated by Explosive Removal of Offshore StructuresNord2019-2022
GM-15-02Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Program for the Northern Gulf of MexicoGlenn2015-2022

Geology

GM-17-07Multibeam Survey of Small Topographic Features to Determine Efficacy of Current “No Activity Zones”Mueller2017-2020
GM-15-10Gulf of Mexico Land Loss Change Assessment and Application to Louisiana Coastal Habitat LossDamour2015-2017

Information Management

GM-14-03-01Administration of the LSU Coastal Marine InstituteDamour2014-2019

Physical Oceanography

GM-16-08Forecasted Ecosystem Conditions in Gulf of Mexico OCS Habitats Using Coupled Modeling and Climate ScenariosHernandez2016-2022
GM-14-03-03Delineating Areas of Enhanced Sediment Accumulation in the Northern Gulf of MexicoDuFore2015-2017
GM-16-08Forecasted Ecosystem Conditions in Gulf of Mexico OCS Habitats Using Coupled Modeling and Climate ScenariosGreen2015-2019

Protected Species

MM-19-03Fine-Scale Dive Profiles and Activity Patterns of Sea Turtles in the Gulf of MexicoMallindine2019-2024
GM-11-03Sperm Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins in the Gulf of MexicoGlenn2011-2014
GM-13-07Florida Manatee Movement and Habitat Use in the Northern Gulf of MexicoGlenn2013-2018
GM-16-09dGulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS): Sea Turtle Fieldwork and Data AnalysisGreen2017-2021
GM-16-09cGulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS): Seabird Fieldwork and Data AnalysisGreen2017-2021
GM-16-09bGulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GOMMAPPS): Marine Mammal Fieldwork and Data AnalysisGreen2017-2021

Socioeconomics

GM-21-02Of National Significance: The Gulf's 19th-Century ShipwrecksSorset2021-2025
GM-14-03-09Update to BOEM Gulf of Mexico Fact Book UpdatePhanuef2015-2018
GM-16-03Assessing Temporal and Spatial Variability in Community and Parish-Level Responses to Oil Spills and Other Events in Coastal LouisianaChaky2015-2019