Geochemical and Environmental Research Group Texas A&M University Continental Shelf Associates Inc. 2001 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. application/pdf en U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mississippi/Alabama pinnacle trend ecosystem monitoring Final Synthesis Report reports