Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program

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Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE PRESENT STUDY -- MARINE BIRDS, MAMMALS, AND TURTLES -- BENTHIC PROCESSES -- FISHERIES AND ECOSYSTEMS -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES -- Magnitude and Management -- Environmental Concerns -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM -- Mandate -- History of the Environmental Studies Program -- Development of a Studies Plan -- Implementation of Studies According to Lease-Sale Schedules -- MMS Support of Ecological Studies -- THE PRESENT STUDY AND REPORT -- 2 Principles of Assessment -- FOCUS AND GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF STUDIES -- ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY: DETECTING THE EFFECTS OF OCS ACTIVITIES -- Testing Hypotheses -- Different Approaches for Different Species Groups -- STUDIES OF MARINE BIRDS, MAMMALS, TURTLES, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Selection of Species for Study -- Distribution and Abundance -- Ecological Processes -- Relationship of Distribution to Oceanic Features -- Trophic Relationships -- Population Processes -- Community and Ecosystem Processes -- Specific OCS Impacts -- Effects of External Oiling -- Toxic Effects of Ingested Oil and Other Physiological Effects -- Trophic Effects -- Disturbance -- Other Potential Effects -- CHARACTERIZATION OF BENTHIC ENVIRONMENTS -- FISHERIES -- ECOSYSTEM MODELING -- 3 Analysis of the Program -- BIRDS -- Allocation of Program Effort -- Assessment of Results -- Selection of Species and Locations for Study -- Colony Inventories -- At-Sea Inventories -- Shoreline Habitat Inventories -- Colony Process Studies -- At-Sea Process Studies -- Effects Studies, Modeling, and Estimation of Risk -- Gaps in the Available Data -- Colony Inventories -- At-Sea Inventories -- Shoreline Habitat Inventories

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