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Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas: Bolivar Roads to Mile 10, contaminant assessment
(Espey, Huston & Associates, Inc., 1995)
The Contaminant Subcommittee of the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas project decided that an evaluation of the contaminant potential of the maintenance material from the Bolivar Roads to Mile 10 reach of the ...
Species composition, distribution, and abundance of macrobenthic organisms in the intake and discharge areas of steam-electric generating station before and during initial start-up.
(Texas A&M University., 1972)
The species composition, distribution, abundance of macro-benthic organisms in the intake and discharge areas of Houston Lighting and Power Company's new Cedar Bayou Generating Station were investigated during the period ...
Present status of spoil disposal areas along the Houston Ship Channel.
(Texas A&M University., 1973)
If the dredging rate in the Houston Ship Channel remains constant, the ultimate capacity of the existing spoil areas will be reached in approximately 26.4 years. This is figuring maintenance of existing channel width and ...
A survey of the economic and environmental aspects of an onshore deepwater port at Galveston, Texas. Part II: Environmental considerations.
(Texas A&M University Sea Grant Program, 1974)
The development of a deep draft port for the Galveston area is a project with broad implications for the environment. A framework was established for a comprehensive environmental study which should be undertaken in the ...
Feasibility of suspension culture of oysters at an offshore site on the Texas coast
(Texas A&M University, 1975)
The feasibility of off-bottom oyster culture at a petroleum platform offshore from High Island, Texas was investigated. Oysters were dredged from a natural reef in upper Galveston Bay at a spoil area adjacent to the Houston ...
Managing Galveston Bay: issues and alternatives: public discussion summary. Draft
(Galveston Bay National Estuary Program, 1992)
Galveston Bay is many things to many people. It's the largest estuary in Texas with 600 square miles of mostly shallow, brackish water that is home to hundreds of species of birds, fish and other wildlife. Like most ...
An investigation of the affects of dredging and dredged material disposal on the offshore biota at Galveston, Texas.
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, 1977)
No abstract available
Habitat development on dredged material
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1976)
The development of habitat on dredged materials (spoil islands or spoil heaps on land) is feasible. Development of salt marsh and upland habitat is now underway on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. Other examples are provided.
Environmental factors controlling oyster shell deposits, Texas Coast
(Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, 1968)
In recent years the demand for cement has increased tremendously along the Gulf Coast. Oyster shell is the only significant source of the lime needed for the cement for a distance of over 100 miles, and as such is being ...
Gulf of Mexico summary report 3: a revision of outer continental shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico and their onshore impacts: Gulf of Mexico summary report 2.
(Rogers, Golden, & Halpern, Incorporated, 1981)
Now, and for the near future, the Gulf of Mexico will remain the most developed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) region in the United States and the world. Virtually all produciton from the U.S. OCS emanates from the Gulf of ...