Executive Summary - Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Executive Summary - Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Executive Summary - Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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REP'ORT<br />
DOCI MENTATION<br />
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1. RE~ORT No 7 .<br />
1. T . ~ vM Sub% 1 e<br />
Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Stt•dies<br />
..rg 1 . Execut ive <strong>Summary</strong><br />
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E . M . Burreson and 1 . . J . Knebel<br />
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Virvinia lr,gtitute <strong>of</strong> Marine Science<br />
Cloucester Point . Virginia 23062<br />
U . S . Geological Survey<br />
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543<br />
12. Spowsonr ig O-X.m[ .tioe N.me .nd Addrss<br />
Branch <strong>of</strong> Environmental Studies (733)<br />
I Bureau <strong>of</strong> Land Management, U . S . Dept . <strong>of</strong> Interior<br />
1Rth & C Streets, N .W .<br />
Washington, D . C . 20240<br />
I1 . CoMrKttCI or Gr.M(G ) No<br />
,c, BLM AA550-CT6-6'<br />
BLM AAS50-MU7-31<br />
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Final<br />
~ Sepc . 76 - Aug . 77<br />
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IS. SuoWen`ent.y Notes<br />
Report was prepared by VIMS and USGS for BLM . <strong>Executive</strong> <strong>Summary</strong> is the first<br />
<strong>of</strong> three volumes .<br />
1t. wstr .ct tUrnl t: 200 .o .dsl<br />
<strong>Summary</strong> and synthesis <strong>of</strong> chemical, physical, geological and biological OCS<br />
benchmark studies conducted in the Middle Atlantic Bip,Ft . Included are tield<br />
and laboratory methods, significant findings, cross shelf patterns in the<br />
pelagic and benthic realms and patterns related to local ridge and swale<br />
topography . Importance <strong>of</strong> swales as sites <strong>of</strong> deposition is atress-d .<br />
11. oew~lAn .l7sis .. o ..c .totos<br />
<strong>Executive</strong> <strong>Summary</strong><br />
Benchmark Studies<br />
Outer Continental Shelf<br />
f•. Id .rNlfNn/Open I nd.d Ts .rns<br />
Oceanography<br />
Marine Biolagy<br />
Marine Geology<br />
Bacteriology<br />
Trace Metals<br />
Hydrocarbon Chemistrv<br />
Zooplankton/Neuston<br />
Geochemistry<br />
Ichthyology<br />
Mei<strong>of</strong>auna<br />
Benthic Ecology<br />
Histopathology<br />
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Release Unlimited<br />
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