Deepwater Gulf of Mexico environmental and socioeconomic data search and literature synthesis. Volume I, Narrative report

Abstract

This report summarizes a study that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico from a bottom depth of 305 m to the border of the U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone.  Chapters include: 1) Introduction, 2) Deepwater Technology, 3) Geology, 4) Physical Oceanography, 5) Chemical Oceanography, 6) Water Column Biology, 7) Non-Seep Benthos, 8) Seep Communities, 9) Protected Species, 10) Fishes and Fisheries, 11) Socioeconomics, and 12) Synthesis.