Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Monitoring Ecosystem Restoration and Deep Water Environments Summary of a Workshop (2015) / Chapter Skim
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ter of the Program's mandate regarding environmental monitoring. BOX 1-1 An Introduction to the Gulf Research Program As part of agreements resolving criminal charges against the companies held responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- BP Exploration & Production Inc.
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the Gulf of Mexico if for no other reason, to provide a starting condition by which restoration success could ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND be quantified. Baseline monitoring data can also fa THE GULF RESEARCH PROGRAM cilitate understanding of expected outcomes without management decisions or restoration projects based The Gulf Research Program has defined environmen on current trajectories.
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. 1Much more detail regarding the deep Gulf of Mexico can be found in Chapter 5 in the 2013 National Research Council report "An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Im pacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico." National Academies Press.
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