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Environmental Sciences

NT Marine Minerals

Ongoing MMS Sand and Gravel Studies Administered by Headquarters

bulletInvestigation of Dredging Guidelines to Maintain and Protect the Integrity of Offshore Ridge and Shoal Regimes/Detailed Morphologic Evaluation of Offshore Shoals (NT 06-02)
 
bulletEnvironmental Investigation of the Long-Term Use of Trinity Shoal as Sand Resources for Large Scale Beach and Coastal Restoration in Louisiana (NT-06-03)
 
bullet Ship Shoal: Sand, Shrimp, and Seatrout (GM-92-42-109)
 
bulletExamination of the Physical and Biological Implications of Using Buried Channel Deposits and Other Non-Topographic Offshore Features as Beach Nourishment Material (NT-05-07)
 
bulletBiological Characterization/Numerical Wave Model Analysis within Identified Borrow Sites Offshore the West Coast of Florida/Physical Implications of Sand Dredging on the Topography of the West Florida Shelf (NT-05-06)
 
bulletBiological Characterization/Numerical Wave Model Analysis within Identified Borrow Sites Offshore the Northeast Coast of Florida (NT-05-05)
 
bulletWorldwide Survey of Dredging Impacts on Commercial and Recreational Fisheries and Analysis of Available Mitigation Measures to Protect and Preserve Resources (NT-04-06)
 
bulletAnalysis of Potential Biological and Physical Dredging Impacts on Offshore Ridge and Shoal Features/Engineering Alternatives and Options to Avoid Adverse Environmental Impacts (NT-03-06)
 
bulletEnvironmental Investigation of the Long-Term Use of Ship Shoal Sand Resources for Large-Scale Beach and Coastal Restoration in Louisiana (NT-03-04)
 
bulletEnvironmental Investigation of the Use of Shoals Offshore Maryland by Mobile Benthos and Finfish Species (NT-02-02)

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