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, ¢ , ~ 1~-- ~ ~ `~X LJfi Hawaiian Islands ~ Headquarters, Division of Biological Services, Washington, DC X Eastern Energy and Land Use Team Leetown . WV 1F National Coastal Ecosystems Team Slidell, LA ~ Western Energy and Land Use Team Ft . Collins, CO ~ Locations of Regional Offices 0 uerto tco an REGION 1 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service Lloyd Five Hundred Building, Suite 1692 500 N .E . Multnomah Street Portland, Oregon 97232 REGION 2 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service P .O . Box 1306 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 REGION 3 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Building, Fort Snelling Twin Cities, Minnesota 55111 REGION 4 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service Richard B . Russell Building 75 Spring Street, S .W . Atlanta, Georgia 30303 REGION 5 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service One Gateway Center Newton Corner, Massachusetts 02158 REGION 6 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service P .O . Box 25486 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 REGION 7 Regional Director U .S . Fish and Wildlife Service lO11 E . Tudor Road Anchorage, Alaska 99503
H TtiF I :r ~ . ~ .~ U _ . DEPARTMENT OF TNE INTERIOR .S. FISN AND WILDIIFE SERVICE r~%~ ~+s As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our .nationally owned public lands and natural resources . This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the.environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation . The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interests of all our people . The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under U .S . administration .
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FWS/OBS-82/46 August 1984 MMS 84-00
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Library of Congress Card No . 85-60
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SUMMARY The southwest Alabama coast
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CONTENTS PREFACE . . . . . . . . .
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Page CL IMATOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY . .
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Number Page 14 Frequency of destruc
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Number Page 13 Charter boats and he
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Number Pa e 49 Summary of geologic
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Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Mob
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water . Plants and animals not phys
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and white ibis (Eudocimus aTbus) .
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Grant's Island (Biloxi quadrangle)
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Table 2 . Average annual waterfowl
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(widgeongrass) is the dominant seag
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(Benson 1982) . Brown and white shr
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Table 4 . Commercial landings of se
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Table 5 . Estimated recreational ca
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offshore waters from December throu
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Unless otherwise specified, the fol
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Table 7 . Recommended State of Alab
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Table 7 . (concluded) Recommended s
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(Mount 1975 ) . Thi s speci es i s
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REFERENCES Wetland Habitats Cowardi
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Stout, J . P ., and M . J . Lelong
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Guest, W . C ., and G . Gunter . 19
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SOURCES OF MAPPED INFORMATION Wetla
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In April and June 1978 the Gulf of
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distribution of the species are dis
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landed, the value of the seafood la
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Service publication Alabama Coastal
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year, over 2 million individual bir
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The Styx, Blackwater, and Perdido R
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It was estimated ( Table 9) that 2
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Table 10 . Average daily two-way tr
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while the majority in Mobile County
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mouth of Mobile Bay has tremendous
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SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS AND ONSHORE D
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Table 15 . Areas of Alabama estuari
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Cavellero House (1) 7 North Jackson
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Horst House ("Moongate") (1) 186 ;
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Spring Hill College Quadrangle (1)
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periods . Hallmarks of the Woodland
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Table 16 . Maintained navigable cha
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Mobil Oil discovered gas in a deep
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National Natural Landmarks Boschung
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May, E . B . 1976 . Holocene sedime
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U .S . Army Corps of Engineers . 19
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Intensively Used Recreation Beaches
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Man-Made Land Baxter J ., 15 Decemb
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SOILS AND LANDFORMS INTRODUCTION Th
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oad flood plains of the Mobile/Alab
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At elevations of about 30 m (100 ft
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The Troup-Benndale-Smithton soil as
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Table 19 . Potential uses and limit
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Somewhat the same situation exists
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due to limitations of Landsat cover
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decrease in sediment being transpor
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Changes in Perdido Pass are among t
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60 m (100 to 200 ft), and some of t
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REFERENCES Alabama Coastal Area Boa
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SOURCES OF MAPPED INFORMATION Soil
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Active Dunes Alabama Coastal Area B
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: EXPLANATION ERATHEM SYSTEM SERIES
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carbon component of the production
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Table 20 . Oil facilities in coasta
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Oil and gas production statistics f
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CLAY Clay is a ubiquitous mineral r
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Table 24 . Production (net tons) of
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Table 27 . Geologic strata containi
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excavation (Smith and Gilbert 1975)
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REFERENCES OIL AND GAS Alabama Coas
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SAND AND GRAVEL Alabama Coastal Are
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SOURCES OF MAPPED INFORMATION OIL A
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CLIMATOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY INTRODUCT
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Table 32 . Rainfall in coastal Alab
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systems to extend into the gulf are
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These storms have the potential to
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Page 163 and 164: Alabama River C L u z O W L 0 u ~ Z
Page 165 and 166: Table 41 . Chemical analyses of wat
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Page 169 and 170: Table 42 . (concluded) isso ve su s
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Page 173 and 174: Table 43 . Existing municipal sewag
Page 175 and 176: Regional Plan- Table 45 . Water qua
Page 177 and 178: Table 46 . Average and maximum-mini
Page 179 and 180: Table 46 . (concluded) -~Tater temp
Page 181 and 182: Table 47 . Water-quality trends in
Page 183 and 184: discharge from metropolitan Mobile
Page 185 and 186: Table 49 . Summary of geologic unit
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Page 189 and 190: Longshore currents in the Gulf of M
Page 191 and 192: consisting of a wedge of salt water
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Page 197 and 198: REFERENCES CLIMATOLOGY AND HYDROLOG
Page 199 and 200: Brady, D . W . 1979 . Water resourc
Page 201 and 202: Schroeder, W . W . 1976 . Physical
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