TABLE OF CONTENTS

BACKGROUND

Agenda (Word)

Seating Chart (Word)

Federal Register Notice of Meeting (Word)

Membership and Charter (Word)

Biographies

SAC Members (Word)

Presenters (Word)

MMS Personnel (Word)

Summary of Meeting (Word)

PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

Director's Presentation (Word)

Overview of Alaska Region Activities

Overview of the MMS Environmental Studies Program

 

MMS Coastal Marine Institute Initiative Overview

The Alaska Coastal Marine Institute: Research and Education

 

Sand and Gravel Priorities and Information Needs

Alaska Regional Priorities and Information Needs

Pacific Regional Priorities and Information Needs

Gulf of Mexico Regional Priorities and Information Needs

 

Highlights of Six Alaskan Studies Presented at the ITM

Six Selected Presentation Summaries from the March 2003 ITM (Word)

Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area (ANIMIDA) Program: Introduction to a Multi-Year Monitoring Program in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea

A Description of Potential Impacts of OCS Activities on Bowhead Whale Hunting Activities in the Beaufort Sea

Measurements of Temperature, Salinity and Circulation in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Beaufort Sea Nearshore Under-Ice Currents & Summary of Workshop on Physical Oceanography in the Beaufort Sea

Recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

BREAKOUT GROUP PRESENTATIONS

Physical Oceanography

Headquarters

Sand & Gravel

Gulf of Mexico

Summary

Ecology and Biology

Sand & Gravel

Gulf of Mexico

Summary

Socioeconomics

Sand & Gravel

Gulf of Mexico

Summary

Pacific

Presentation on Curriculum

Studies Update

STUDIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND CLIFF NOTES

Studies Development Plans

Headquarters (Word)

Sand and Gravel (Word)

Gulf of Mexico (Word)

Pacific (Word)

Alaska (Word)

Cliff Notes

Headquarters (Word)

Sand and Gravel (Word)

Gulf of Mexico (Word)

Pacific (Word)

Alaska (Word)

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

A History of Biological Investigations in the Gulf of Mexico, 1973-2000 (Word)

Applied Physical Sciences In MMS: Volume I: Why and How MMS Uses the Physical Sciences to Fulfill Its Environmental Goals (Word)

 

Peer Reviewed Publications From MMS Environmental Studies 1999 – 2002 (Word)

Bibliography: Scientific Journal Articles Based on MMS Environmental Research (1993) (PDF)