Environmental Quality in the Gulf of Mexico: A Citizen's Guide

Date

1992

Authors

Weber, Michael, Richard T. Twonsend and Rose Bierce

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Publisher

Center for Marine Conservation

Abstract

This book discusses many aspects of environmental quality in the gulf of mexico. These aspects include physical features, gulf coast ecosystems, principle economic activities in the gulf; major environmental issues in the gulf of mexico and opportunities for citizens to become involved with issues of the gulf of mexico.

Description

132 pgs.

Keywords

environmental protection, economic aspects, conservation, natural resources, ecosystems, coastal barriers, saltmarshes, mangrove forests, estuaries, seagrass beds, coral reefs, cold seeps, tourism, commercial fisheries, recreational fisheries, offshore oil and gas production, hard mineral mining, agriculture, merchant shipping, petroleum refining, chemical manufacturing, coastal zone management, coastal barrier protection, sewage, discharges, urban and agricultural runoff, transport of oil and hazardous substances, oil and gas drilling, wetland losses, fisheries management, endangered wildlife, marine mammals, marine debris, legislative action

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