Table of Contents

Foreward

Acknowledgements and Preface Contents - Page 1 Contents - Page 2 Introduction Place Names Study Area References - Page 1 References - Page 2

1.0 Physical Environments

1.0) Introduction 1.01) Bathymetry 1.02) Bottom Sediments 1.03) Coral Reefs and Hard Bottom Areas 1.04) Petroleum Hydrocarbon Seeps 1.05) Shoreline Characteristics 1.06) Rivers and Lakes 1.07) Surface Temperatures: Janury 1.08) Surface Temperatures: July 1.07) Bottom Temperatures: Winter 1.08) Bottom Temperatures: Summer 1.11) Prevailing Winds: January 1.11) Prevailing Winds: July 1.13) Geostrophic Surface Currents: January 1.14) Geostrophic Surface Currents: July 1.15) Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Temperature

2.0 Biotic Environments

2.0) Introduction 2.01) Forested Wetlands 2.02) Nonforested Wetlands 2.03) Seagrasses 2.04) Benthic Algae 2.05) Remotely Sensed Ocean Color

3.0 Living Marine Resources

3.0) Introduction 3.01) Queen Conch 3.02) American Oyster 3.03) Calico Scallop 3.04) Sunray Venus Clam 3.05) Longfin Squid 3.06) Octopuses 3.07) Brown Shrimp 3.08) Pink Shrimp 3.09) White Shrimp 3.10) Seabob 3.11) Rock Shrimp 3.12) Royal Red Shrimp 3.13) Spiny Lobster 3.14) Stone Crab 3.15) Blue Crab 3.16) Shortfin Mako Shark 3.17) Scalloped Hammerhead Shark 3.18) Tarpon 3.19) Bonefish 3.20) Gulf Menhaden 3.21) Round Herring 3.22) Atlantic Thread Herring 3.23) Spanish Sardine 3.24) Snook 3.25) Red Grouper 3.26) Black Grouper 3.27) Tilefish 3.28) Bluefish 3.29) Cobia 3.30) Blue Runner 3.31) Crevalle Jack 3.32) Greater Amberjack 3.33) Florida Pompano 3.34) Dolphin 3.35) Mutton Snapper 3.36) Red Snapper 3.37) Gray Snapper 3.38) Lane Snapper 3.39) Yellowtail Snapper 3.40) Vermilion Snapper 3.41) Tomtate 3.42) Longspine Porgy 3.43) Sand Seatrout 3.44) Spotted Seatrout 3.45) Spot 3.46) Atlantic Croaker 3.47) Black Drum 3.48) Red Drum 3.49) Striped Mullet 3.50) Little Tunny 3.51) King Mackerel 3.52) Spanish Mackerel 3.53) Yellowfin Tuna 3.54) Blackfin Tuna 3.55) Bluefin Tuna 3.56) Swordfish 3.57) Sailfish 3.58) Marlins 3.59) Gulf Butterfish

4.0 Economic Activity

4.01) Population Density: 1970 4.02) Population Density: 1980 4.03) Population Change 4.11) Crude Oil Pipelines 4.13) Natural Gas Pipelines 4.18) Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants 4.24) Oil and Gas Activities 4.26) Shipping and Navigation 4.27) Shipping Routes to Points Outside the Gulf 4.28) Shipping Routes to Points Within the Gulf 4.31) Shellfish Closure Areas

5.0 Environmental Quality

5.05) Stormwater Runoff from Urban Areas 5.07) Sludge Production: 1980 5.08) Sludge Production: 2000 5.13) Kjeldahl Nitrogen Discharges 5.16) Phosphorous Discharges 5.19) Fecal Coliform Discharges 5.20) Petroleum Hydrocarbon Discharges 5.30) Heavy Metal Discharges

6.0 Jurisdictions

6.01) Political Boundaries and Maritime Zones 6.02) State Coastal Management Boundaries 6.03) Federal Agency Regional Boundaries