Regional Environmental Assessment: Gulf of Mexico Pipeline Activities

摘要

Pipeline installations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) have affected a wide range of living and nonliving environmental variables (i.e., water quality, biologically sensitive areas, and food-web relationships) for the past 30 years. Much of the information included herein pertains to a description of the existing environment for offshore and onshore coastal areas contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and an analysis of potential pipeline proposals and alternatives.