OCS Study MMS 95 - Data Center

The first report was submitted in final form on 30 November 1992 .For thisreport, each of the PIs wrote an independent overview of both the published literaturein his topic area and of his unpublished results which are sufficiently advanced torelease . In addition, a collection of the core literature pertinent to the Gulf of Mexicocommunities was assembled and reproduced in an appendix to this report . Thiscollection included the discovery papers, review articles, and a series of papersentitled "Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Seep Communities : I through VII," which hasbeen dispersed among a variety of journals .The Interim Report was submitted in final form on June 29, 1993 .It describedthe methods, techniques, and equipment used during the field program .It alsooutlined the data sets and analyses used by the principal investigators (PIs) .The major findings of the individual PIs were presented to the public during theMMS Information Transfer Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana on 15 December1993 . This report closely follows the format of those presentations .1-5