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Mississippi/Alabama pinnacle trend ecosystem monitoring Final Synthesis Report
Biological Science Report
2001-0007
Prepared in cooperation with the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
By: Continental Shelf Associates Inc. and Geochemical and Environmental Research Group Texas A&M University
This Final Synthesis Report summarizes a four-year program to characterize and monitor carbonate mounds on the Mississippi/Alabama outer continental shelf (OCS). The study area is shown in Fig.ES.1. The study was conducted by Continental Shelf Associates, Inc. and the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) of Texas A&M University (TAMU), for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Biological Resources Division.