OCS Scientific Committee
1999 Meeting Summary - Physical/Biological Integration
Workshop for Desoto Canyon and Adjacent Shelf Report
Dr. Jim Kendall, Chief, Environmental Studies Section, Gulf of Mexico Region, briefed
the Committee on results of recently completed and ongoing MMS studies in the Northeastern
Gulf of Mexico and suggested that more integration was needed between the biological and
physical oceanographic disciplines. As such, the University of Alabama and the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab co-hosted a workshop for the MMS on October 19-21, 1999, in Mobile,
Alabama. The purpose of this workshop was to: 1) bring experts together to summarize what
is known about the area; 2) determine critical issues; and 3) provide input to the design
of an integrated physical and biological study to complete the “Northeastern Gulf of
Mexico Physical Oceanography Program” and the “Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program. ”
For more information, contact Julie Reynolds.
