The benthic marine algae of Timbalier Bay, Louisiana

Humm, H. J. and T. M. Bert

Abstract

From the Abstract: “A study of the benthic algae of Timbalier Bay, Louisiana, was made from June 1972 to September 1974, as part of an interdisciplinary study conducted by the Gulf University Research Consortium to determine the effect of the petroleum industry on the bay…Apparently the oil and gas wells in Timbalier Bay have not had a significant adverse effect upon the distributon or abundance of benthic algae during 35 years of operation.”

Date: 

2016

Book/Report Title: 

The Offshore Ecology Investigation. Effects of Oil Drilling and Production in a Coastal Environment

Pages: 

379–399

Editors: 

C. H. Ward, M. E. Bender, and D. J. Reish

Publisher: 

Rice University Series 65 (4 and 5), Houston, Texas.

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