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Appendix B

Ecology Study Contracts Awarded by Minerals Management Service, 1973-1989

Compiled by the Ecology Panel from information provided by MMS.

Contract Number	Region	Title	Year	Amount ($)
12975	Alaska	Systematic Aerial Survey for Bowhead Whales in the Canadian Beaufort Sea	1986	9,771
14887	Alaska	Potential Impacts of Human Activities on Feeding Behavior, Energetics, and Habitats of Molting Pacific Black Brants at Teshekpuk Lake	1987	210,000
14908	Alaska	Pacific Walrus Population Study	1987	19,709
29013	Alaska	Project Whales (includes IA8-55, IA9-22)	1980	820,084
29015	Alaska	Whale Tagging Program	1980	227,102
29033	Alaska	Investigation of Potential Effects of Acoustic Stimuli Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration/Development on Behavior of Migratory Gray and Humpback Whales	1982	865,809
29042	Alaska	Monitoring Movements of Whales in Adjacent OCS Lease Areas	1979	668,130
29043	Alaska	Whales in the Beaufort Sea	1980	273,776
29045	Alaska	Aircraft Support in Beaufort Sea	1980	311,000
29046	Alaska	Tissue Analysis of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea	1980	349,891
29051	Alaska	The Possible Effects of Acoustic and Other Stimuli Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration/Development on Behavior of the Bowhead Whale	1980	3,011,050
29052	Alaska	Effects of Oil on the Feeding Mechanism of the Bowhead Whale	1980	44,172
29056	Alaska	Presence/Absence of Bowhead and Gray Whales in Beaufort and Norton Basins	1981	345,305
29064	Alaska	Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales, Northern Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (includes IA2-51/29074 award of $100,000)	1982	638,012

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29065	Alaska	Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea and Aerial Surveys of Walrus Populations	1982	528,583
29066	Alaska	Aircraft Support (N642) for Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys	1982	155,554
29073	Alaska	Trophic Relationships, Habitat Use Among Phocid Seals (Support for RU-232 Funds from Environmental Operations-MMS)	1982	50,000
30031	Alaska	Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Northern Bering Seas (FY 1983)	1983	1,308,718
30035	Alaska	Aircraft Support for Endangered Whale Surveys	1983	511,389
30076	Alaska	Computer Simulation of Whale Interactions with Oil Spills	1983	282,592
30144	Alaska	Monitoring of Nesting Seabird Colonies—Pribilof Islands and Cape Peirce	1984	141,468
30145	Alaska	Simulation Modeling of Effects of Oil Spills on Northern Fur Seals	1984	112,045
30163	Alaska	Beaufort Sea Monitoring Plan Program: Analysis of Trace Metals and Hydrocarbons from OCS Activities	1984	1,189,355
30170	Alaska	Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in Alaska	1984	859,383
30182	Alaska	Monitoring of the Winter Presence of Bowhead Whales in the Navarin Basin Through Association with Sea Ice	1984	74,098
30208	Alaska	Development of Visual Matrix Charts Which Categorize Research Literature on Endangered Mammals	1984	74,689
30230	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Whales, Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering Seas	1985	595,545
30233	Alaska	Food Organisms of Bowhead Whales—Importance of the E. Beaufort to the Feeding of Bowhead Whales	1985	1,557,532
30237	Alaska	Monitoring of Seabird Colonies in the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf Lease Areas	1985	346,756
30290	Alaska	Aircraft Services for Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Northern Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas	1986	369,662
30291	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Whales in the Bering, Chukcki, and Beaufort Seas	1986	309,135
30295	Alaska	Prediction of Site-Specific Interaction of Acoustic Stimuli and Endangered Whales as Related to Drilling Activities—Beaufort Sea	1985	923,890
30299	Alaska	Workshop on Monitoring Effects of Oil and Gas Development in Bering Sea	1986	116312

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30320	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Whales	1986	535,930
30332	Alaska	Behavior and Energetics of Pacific Black Brant and Other Geese	1986	240,000
30356	Alaska	Aircraft Services for Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the North Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas	1987	502,163
30361	Alaska	Synthesis of Information on the Effects of Noise and Disturbance on Major Haulout Concentrations of Bering Sea Pinnipeds	1987	59,993
30365	Alaska	Potential Acoustic Disturbance to Marine Mammals in Alaska	1987	124,954
30370	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Whales, Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering Seas	1987	198,599
30390	Alaska	Comparison of Behavior of Bowhead Whales of the Davis Straits and Western Arctic Stocks	1987	280,042
30391	Alaska	Monitoring Seabird Populations Near Offshore Activities	1987	292,818
30411	Alaska	Development of a Tag to Monitor Migratory Patterns and Habitat Use of Marine Mammals	1988	374,530
30412	Alaska	Effects of Production Activities on Bowhead Whales	1988	704,336
30421	Alaska	Aircraft Services for Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the North Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas	1988	190,116
30472	Alaska	Stable Isotope Analysis of 1987 and 1988 Zooplankton and Bowhead Whale Tissues	1989	129,934
30478	Alaska	Monitor Hydrocarbon and Trace Metals in Beaufort Sea Sediments and Organisms	1989	274,061
30490	Alaska	Aerial Surveys of Arctic Whales	1989	348,904
60090	Alaska	Commercial Fisheries Harvest Data	1987	15,500
AK001	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Whales (Inhouse)	1987	14,600
CT8-54	Alaska	Historical Information on Bowhead Whales and Other Resources in the Beaufort Sea Area	1978	35,390
IA1-06	Alaska	Aircraft Support (Logistic Support for IA1-5)	1981	609,952
IA9-09	Alaska	Presence or Absence and Behavior of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea (includes IA9-20 award of $57,966)	1979	107,966
IA9-17	Alaska	Migration, Distribution, Feeding Habits, and Ecology of Bowhead, Gray, and Right Whales	1979	618,700
MMS-001	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Whales in the Bering, Chukchi, And Beaufort Seas	1988	35,952
MU0-15	Alaska	Water Bird Habitat Study, Kodiak Island	1980	52,600
RU-003	Alaska	Identification, Documentation and Delineation of Coastal Migratory Bird Habitats in Alaska	1979	689,709

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RU-005	Alaska	Distribution, Abundance, Community Structure, and Trophic Relationships of Nearshore Benthos	1981	1,973,581
RU-006	Alaska	Distribution, Composition, and Variability of Western Beaufort and Northern Chukchi Benthos	1982	1,202,616
RU-007	Alaska	Summarization of Existing Literature and Unpublished Data on the Distribution, Abundance, and Life Histories of Benthic Organisms (Beaufort Sea)	1977	91,140
RU-019	Alaska	Finfish Resource Surveys in Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound	1979	1,038,705
RU-023	Alaska	Yakutat Bay Benthos Study	1975	6,124
RU-024	Alaska	Razor Clam Distribution and Population Assessment Study	1977	99,114
RU-027	Alaska	Study of the Littoral Zone of the Kenai Peninsula	1975	66,139
RU-029	Alaska	Assessment of Potential Interactions of Microorganisms and Pollutants Resulting from Petroleum Development on the Alaska OCS (RU-029/030)	1982	1,405,335
RU-034	Alaska	Analysis of Marine Mammal Remote Sensing Data	1975	18,372
RU-038	Alaska	A Census of Seabirds on the Pribilof Islands	1975	49,459
RU-043	Alaska	Trace Hydrocarbon Analysis in Sea Ice and at the Sea Ice-Water Interface and Analysis of Individual High Molecular Weight Aromatic Hydrocarbons	1977	615,036
RU-058	Alaska	A Description and Numerical Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Processes of Production in the Gulf of Alaska	1975	97,677
RU-059	Alaska	Coastal Morphology, Sedimentation, and Oil Spill Vulnerability	1981	1,182,914
RU-062	Alaska	The Physiological Effect of Acute and Chronic Exposure to Hydrocarbons and Petroleum on the Nearshore Fishes of the Bering Sea	1975	73,739
RU-064	Alaska	Review of Literature and Historical Data on Non-Salmonid Pelagic Fisheries Resources of the Eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska	1975	57,718
RU-067	Alaska	Baseline Characterization of Marine Mammals	1977	394,432
RU-068	Alaska	Seasonal Distribution and Relative Abundance of Marine Mammals in the Gulf of Alaska	1976	316,094
RU-069	Alaska	Abundance and Seasonal Distribution of Bowhead and Belukha Whales in the Arctic Oceans (RU-069/070)	1977	320,603
RU-071	Alaska	Effects of Oiling on Thermoregulation in Sea Otters	1977	142,150

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RU-072	Alaska	Lethal and Sublethal Effects on Selected Alaskan Marine Species After Acute and Long-Term Exposure to Oil and Oil Components	1982	2,740,334
RU-073	Alaska	Sublethal Effects—Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Bio-Transformations Reflected by Morphological, Chemical, Physiological, Pathological, Behavioral Indices RU-073/074	1982	3,221,367
RU-075	Alaska	Assessment of Available Literature on the Effects of Oil Pollution on Biota in Arctic and Subarctic Waters	1975	50,523
RU-077	Alaska	Ecosystems Dynamics Modeling—Eastern Bering Sea	1979	374,688
RU-078	Alaska	Baseline Characterization of Littoral Biota in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea (RU-078/079)	1977	2,164,814
RU-083	Alaska	Pelagic Distribution of Seabirds in the Southeastern Bering Sea	1982	1,035,265
RU-087	Alaska	The Interaction of Oil with Sea Ice	1982	660,071
RU-096	Alaska	Evolution, Pathobiology, and Breeding Ecology of the Gulf of Alaska Herring Gull Group	1977	74,120
RU-108	Alaska	Simulation Modeling of Marine Bird Population Energetics, Food Consumption, and Sensitivity to Perturbations	1975	424,639
RU-123	Alaska	Acute Effects of Petroleum to Pacific Herring Roe in the Gulf of Alaska	1975	94,922
RU-152	Alaska	The Distribution, Composition, Transport, and Hydrocarbon Absorption Characteristics of Suspended Matter in the Gulf of Alaska and Lower Cook Inlet	1980	1,277,489
RU-162	Alaska	Natural Distribution of Heavy Trace Metals and Environmental Background in Three Alaskan Shelf Areas	1977	1,374,924
RU-172	Alaska	Shorebird Dependence on Arctic Littoral Habitats	1982	537,784
RU-174	Alaska	Baseline Studies of Resources of the Gulf of Alaska Shelf and Slope	1977	123,089
RU-175	Alaska	Baseline Studies of Fish and Shellfish Resources of the Eastern Bering Sea, Norton Sound, and Southeastern Chukchi Sea	1977	1,071,466
RU-183	Alaska	Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Seawater Extracts of Alaskan Crude Oil to Zoea of Dungeness Crab	1975	62,307
RU-190	Alaska	Study of Microbial Activity and Crude Oil Microbial Interactions with the Waters and Sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea	1981	1,105,863
RU-194	Alaska	Morbidity and Mortality of Marine Mammals	1980	617,714
RU-196	Alaska	Distribution, Abundance, and Feeding Ecology of Birds Associated with Pack Ice (RU-196/330)	1982	656,813

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RU-215	Alaska	Avifaunal Utilization of the Offshore Island Near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska	1975	6,279
RU-229	Alaska	Biology of the Harbor Seal	1979	421,751
RU-230	Alaska	The Natural History and Ecology of the Bearded Seal and the Ringed Seal	1975	750,990
RU-231	Alaska	An Aerial Census of Spotted Seals	1975	27,558
RU-232	Alaska	Trophic Relationships, Habitat Use, and Winter Ecology of Ice-Inhabiting Phocid Seals and Functionally Related Marine Mammals in the Arctic	1982	2,294,423
RU-233	Alaska	Beaufort Sea Estuarine Fishery Study	1977	368,146
RU-237	Alaska	Ecology of Seabirds in the Bering Strait Region	1981	428,550
RU-239	Alaska	Ecology and Behavior of Southern Hemisphere Shearwaters and Other Seabirds When over the OCS of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska	1977	25,100
RU-240	Alaska	Assessment of the Distribution and Abundance of Sea Otters Along the Kenai Peninsula, Kamishak Bay, and the Kodiak Archipelago	1975	16,994
RU-241	Alaska	Distribution and Abundance of Sea Otters in Southwest Bristol Bay	1975	15,310
RU-243	Alaska	Population Assessment, Ecology, and Trophic Relationships of Steller Sea Lions in the Gulf of Alaska	1980	1,186,713
RU-248	Alaska	The Relationships of Marine Mammal Distributions, Densities, and Activities to Sea Ice Conditions (RU-248/249)	1977	469,205
RU-275	Alaska	Natural Distributions and Dynamics of Hydrocarbons on the Alaskan OCS	1979	1,856,280
RU-281	Alaska	Distribution, Abundance, Diversity, and Productivity of Benthic Organisms in the Gulf of Alaska (RU-281/282/301)	1975	157,458
RU-284	Alaska	Food and Feeding Relationships in the Benthic and Demersal Fishes of the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea	1977	160,101
RU-285	Alaska	Preparation of Illustrated Keys to Skeletal Remains and Otoliths of Forage Fishes of the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea	1975	67,364
RU-305	Alaska	Sublethal Effects on Seagrass Photosynthesis	1975	118,958
RU-318	Alaska	Preparation of Illustrated Keys to Skeletal Remains and Otoliths of Forage Fishes of the Gulf of Alaska	1975	45,402
RU-332	Alaska	Determine the Incidence and Pathology of Marine Fish Diseases in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering and Beaufort Seas	1977	330,613

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RU-337	Alaska	Seasonal Distribution and Abundance of Marine Birds	1975	1,434,830
RU-339	Alaska	Review and Analysis of Literature and Unpublished Data on Marine Birds	1975	66,292
RU-340	Alaska	Migration of Birds in Alaskan Marine Waters Subject to Influence by OCS Development	1975	33,222
RU-341	Alaska	Feeding Ecology and Trophic Relationships of Alaskan Marine Birds	1975	2,465,747
RU-342	Alaska	Population Dynamics of Marine Birds	1975	500,437
RU-343	Alaska	Catalog of Seabird Colonies	1977	46,389
RU-348	Alaska	Literature Search and Data Conversion on Density Distribution of Fishes of the Beaufort Sea	1975	30,620
RU-349	Alaska	Alaska Marine Ichthyoplankton Key	1975	91,860
RU-353	Alaska	Description of the Present Status of Knowledge of the Distribution, Relative Abundance, and Migratory Routes of Salmonids—Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea	1977	68,895
RU-354	Alaska	Review of Literature and Archived Data, on Non-Salmonid Pelagic Fishes in the Eastern Bering Sea	1975	73,181
RU-356	Alaska	Environmental Assessment of Selected Habitats in Arctic Littoral Systems	1981	2,369,584
RU-359	Alaska	Plankton Studies in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering Seas	1981	1,006,816
RU-380	Alaska	Ichthyoplankton of the Eastern Bering Sea	1977	151,500
RU-389	Alaska	Transport, Retention, and Effects of Toxic Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Experimental Food Chains	1977	131,819
RU-413	Alaska	Trace Metal Content of Bottom Sediment in the Northern Bering Sea	1977	43,139
RU-417	Alaska	Reconnaissance of the Epibenthic and Intertidal Biota in Lower Cook Inlet	1979	803,828
RU-423	Alaska	Influence of Petroleum on Egg Formation and Embryonic Development in Seabirds	1977	90,280
RU-424	Alaska	Plankton/Icthyoplankton of the Gulf of Alaska	1981	962,425
RU-425	Alaska	Source, Composition, and Flux of Organic Detritus in Lower Cook Inlet	1979	824,719
RU-426	Alaska	Zooplankton and Micronecton in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas	1977	544,156
RU-427	Alaska	Ice-edge Ecosystem Study: Primary Productivity, Nutrient Cycling, and Organic Matter Transport	1977	891,367
RU-441	Alaska	Avian Community Ecology on Espenberg Peninsula, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska	1977	236,180

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RU-447	Alaska	Site-Specific Studies of Populations, Community Structure, and Ecology of Marine Birds at King and St. Lawrence Islands	1977	121,255
RU-454	Alaska	Accumulation of Organic Constituents and Heavy Metals from Petroleum-Impacted Sediments by Marine Detritivores	1979	655,276
RU-458	Alaska	Avian Community Ecology in Norton Bay, Alaska	1977	125,542
RU-460	Alaska	Analysis of Populations and Trophics at Large Seabird Colonies in the Northern Bering and Eastern Chukchi Seas	1983	152,600
RU-460	Alaska	Analysis of Populations and Trophics at Large Seabird Colonies in the Northern Bering and Eastern Chukchi Seas	1982	528,555
RU-467	Alaska	Arctic Ecosystems Analysis	1981	3,754,001
RU-470	Alaska	Surveys of Populations, Community Structure, and Ecology of Marine Birds on St. Lawrence Island	1977	81,602
RU-480	Alaska	Characterization of Organic Matter in Sediments from the Gulf of Alaska, Bering and Beaufort Seas	1981	769,747
RU-481	Alaska	A Survey of Cetaceans in Prince William Sound and Adjacent Vicinity —Their Numbers and Seasonal Movements	1977	235,571
RU-485	Alaska	Assessment of Fish Populations in Pelagic and Littoral Waters of Three Bays on the Southeast Coast of Kodiak	1975	199,336
RU-486	Alaska	Demersal Fish and Shellfish Assessment in Selected Estuary Systems of Kodiak	1977	167,130
RU-488	Alaska	Characterization of Coastal Habitat for Migratory Birds: Northern Bering Sea	1977	67,880
RU-490	Alaska	Larval Juvenile and Forage Fish and Planktonic Stages of Commercial Crabs and Shrimp in Lower Cook Inlet	1975	13,779
RU-500	Alaska	Activity-Directed Fractionation of Petroleum Samples	1977	276,300
RU-502	Alaska	Trawl Survey of the Benthic Epifauna of Chukchi Sea and Norton Sound	1977	72,177
RU-506	Alaska	Major, Minor and Element Trace Analysis of Selected Bering Sea Sediment Samples by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis	1977	74,701
RU-512	Alaska	Pelagic and Demersal Fish Resource Assessment in the Lower Cook Inlet Estuary System	1979	865,495
RU-517	Alaska	The Distribution, Abundance, and Diversity of Benthic Organisms in Two Bays of Kodiak Island, Alaska	1980	41,822
RU-537	Alaska	Nutrient Dynamics and Trophic System Energetics in Nearshore Beaufort Sea Waters	1981	1,179,937

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RU-542	Alaska	Evaluation of Habitats, Temporal and Spatial Distribution, Relative Abundance, and Trophic Interactions of Shallow Water Fish Communities —NE Gulf of Alaska	1979	333,428
RU-551	Alaska	Seasonal Composition, Food Web and Relationships of Marine Organisms in the Nearshore Zone	1979	966,617
RU-552	Alaska	Seasonal Composition and Food Web Relationships of Marine Organisms in the Nearshore Zone	1979	1,012,768
RU-553	Alaska	Seasonal Composition and Food Web Relationships of Marine Organisms in the Nearshore Zone	1980	1,775,904
RU-556	Alaska	Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments of the Southern Bering Sea	1977	25,425
RU-563	Alaska	Taxonomic Identification and Archiving of Biological Specimens	1987	57,726
RU-591	Alaska	Seasonal Use of Coastal Habitat from Yakutat Bay to Cape Fairweather, by Migratory Waterfowl and Seabirds	1980	126,375
RU-592	Alaska	Summer Distribution and Numbers on Fin, Humpback and Gray Whales in the Gulf of Alaska	1980	606,000
RU-593	Alaska	Feeding Ecology of the Gray Whale in the Northern Bering Sea	1981	274,301
RU-595	Alaska	Microbia Processes as Related to Transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease Areas	1980	230,206
RU-598	Alaska	Storm Petrels As Indicators of Environmental Conditions	1982	250,942
RU-601	Alaska	Habitat Requirements and Expected Distribution of Alaska Coral	1980	51,769
RU-602	Alaska	Oil Rig Monitoring and Effects of Drilling Muds	1981	257,514
RU-603	Alaska	Epipelagic Meroplankton, Juvenile and Forage Fish: Distribution and Abundance in Coastal Waters	1980	16,561
RU-605	Alaska	Habitat Use by Gray Whales in Nelson Lagoon	1980	56,754
RU-606	Alaska	Baffin Island Oil Spill Project (BIOS) Environmental Protection Service	1982	1,036,853
RU-607	Alaska	Biodegradation of Aromatic Compounds by High Latitude Phytoplankton	1981	58,830
RU-608	Alaska	Seasonal Population Density Distribution of Copepods, Euphausids, Amphipods and Other Holoplankton on the Kodiak Shelf	1981	240,697
RU-609	Alaska	Population Dynamics of King, Tanner, and Other Decapod Larvae in the Southeastern Bering Sea	1982	313,769

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RU-611	Alaska	Modern Populations, Migrations, Demography, Trophics, and Historical Status of the Pacific Walrus	1982	1,103,676
RU-612	Alaska	Biological Investigations of Belukha Whales in the Coastal Waters of Northern Alaska	1982	629,328
RU-613	Alaska	Investigations of Marine Mammals in the Coastal Zone of Western Alaska During Summer and Autumn	1981	320,509
RU-615	Alaska	Hydrocarbon Bioaccumulation and Histopathological and Biochemical Responses in Two Species of Marine Bivalve Molluscs (BIOS)	1981	194,278
RU-618	Alaska	Fish Resources of the Nearshore: Information Review and Field Program Design	1981	58,830
RU-619	Alaska	The Nature and Biological Effects of Weathered Petroleum	1982	342,130
RU-620	Alaska	Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Petroleum Contamination on Post-Larval Stages of King Crabs	1982	215,722
RU-622	Alaska	Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Southern Bering Sea and Western Gulf of Alaska	1983	1,099,157
RU-623	Alaska	Ecological Characterization of Shallow Subtidal Habitats in the North Aleutian Shelf	1982	216,271
RU-624	Alaska	Feeding Ecology of Juvenile King and Tanner Crabs in the Southeastern Bering Sea	1982	287,361
RU-625	Alaska	Endangered Whale and Pinniped Surveys in the Navarin Basin	1983	1,380,335
RU-626	Alaska	Feeding Ecology and Habitat Dependence of the Gray Whales in the Chirikov Basin, Bering Sea, Alaska	1982	504,251
RU-628	Alaska	Population Estimates and Temporal Trends of Pribilof Island Seabirds	1982	9,983
RU-629	Alaska	Effects of Man-Made Waterborne Noise on Behavior of Belukha Whales	1982	277,926
RU-630	Alaska	Geophysical and Biological Reconnaissance of Rock Habitats in Eastern Camden Bay, Beaufort Sea	1982	28,088
RU-631	Alaska	Nearshore Fish Surveys in the Western Beaufort Sea	1982	34,108
RU-632	Alaska	Environmental Characterization and Biological Use of Lagoons in the Eastern Beaufort Sea	1982	276,390
RU-634	Alaska	Biogenic Sedimentary Features of the Northern Bering Sea	1982	65,678
RU-635	Alaska	Fish Distribution and Use of Nearshore Waters in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea	1983	337,500

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RU-636	Alaska	Direct Effects of Acoustic Disturbance Sources on Ringed Seal Reproductive Behavior, Vocalization, and Communication	1983	469,800
RU-638	Alaska	Pribilof Island Crab Investigations	1983	367,500
RU-639	Alaska	Distribution of Red King Crab Larvae and Juveniles Along the North Aleutian Shelf	1983	198,030
RU-641	Alaska	Environmental Characterization and Biological Utilization of Peard Bay	1983	1,397,302
RU-643	Alaska	Simulation Modeling of the Effects of Acute Oil Spills on Commercially Important Fisheries Resources in the Bering Sea	1983	715,500
RU-644	Alaska	Chukchi Sea Coastal Studies: Coastal Geomorphology, Environmental Sensitivity, and Persistence of Spilled Oil	1983	260,800
RU-645	Alaska	Environmental Characterization of the North Aleutian Shelf Nearshore Region	1983	78,880
RU-650	Alaska	Effects of Oiled Sediments on Crab Reproduction	1983	296,800
RU-652	Alaska	Monitoring Program Workshop	1983	60,000
RU-658	Alaska	Environmental Characterization and Biological Utilization of the North Aleutian Shelf and Nearshore Zone	1984	1,938,137
RU-659	Alaska	Seasonal Habitat Use by Inshore Species of Fish North of the Alaska Peninsula	1984	701,924
RU-660	Alaska	Yukon Delta Processes	1984	814,231
RU-661	Alaska	Effects—Herring Reproduction	1984	386,571
RU-662	Alaska	Effects on Food Organisms of Bowhead Whales	1984	71,000
RU-664	Alaska	Oil Weathering in the Presence of Sea Ice	1986	13,513
RU-667	Alaska	Ringed Seal Monitoring and Polar Bear Logistics	1984	872,547
RU-673	Alaska	Aerial Survey of Endangered Cetaceans and other Marine Mammals in the Northwestern Gulf of Alaska and Southern Bering Sea	1985	1,437,905
RU-675	Alaska	Behavioral Responses of Feeding Gray Whales to Industrial Noise	1985	650,864
RU-680	Alaska	Oil-Ice Sediment Interactions During Freezeup and Breakup	1985	1,275,991
RU-681	Alaska	Effects of Petroleum Contaminated Waterways on the Spawning Migration of Pacific Salmon	1986	268,300
RU-682	Alaska	Arctic Fish Habitats and Sensitivities	1986	996,941
RU-685	Alaska	Yukon Delta Processes Study: Biological Studies—Waterfowl Use of Coastal Habitats	1986	267,301
RU-687	Alaska	Chukchi Shelf Benthos	1986	574,604
RU-688	Alaska	Sea Otter Tagging/Tracking Study Along the Alaska Peninsula (False Pass)	1986	174,669
RU-689	Alaska	Marine Birds and Mammals of the Unimak Pass Area	1986	625,894

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RU-690	Alaska	Hope Basin Ecosystem Study	1986	899,551
RU-692	Alaska	Marine Mammal Tissue	1987	223,978
RU-693	Alaska	Coastal Fisheries Oceanography of the Southern Bering Sea and North Aleutian Basin	1987	508,822
RU-694	Alaska	Genetic Stock Identification of Bristol Bay, Alaska Salmon Stock	1987	767,901
RU-695	Alaska	Coastal Fisheries Oceanography of the Southern Bering Sea and North Aleutian Basin—Bering Sea Herring	1988	6,319
RU-701	Alaska	Effects on Amphipods	1987	29,224
RU-702	Alaska	Effects of Petroleum Contaminated Waterways of the Spawning Migration of Pacific Salmon (Phase	1988	574,370
RU-703	Alaska	Petroleum Seeps	1987	95,688
RU-707	Alaska	Environmental Characterization and Biological Utilization of Kasegaluk Lagoon	1988	481,481
10244	Atlantic	Effects of Natural Disturbances on Live Bottom Communities	1985	9,995
14624	Atlantic	Aerial Surveys of Right Whales in the Great South Channel—Spring 1987	87	9,600
14669	Atlantic	South Channel Ocean Productivity Experiment (SCOPEX)—Year 1	1987	200,000
17199	Atlantic	Aerial Survey of Right Whales in the Great South Channel During Spring 1988 to Supplement First Year SCOPEX Study	1988	9,938
17203	Atlantic	South Channel Ocean Productivity Experiment (SCOPEX)—Year 2	1988	200,000
29125	Atlantic	Middle Atlantic Chemical and Biological Benchmark Studies—First Year	1975	1,873,138
29129	Atlantic	Middle Atlantic Chemical and Biological Benchmark Studies—Second Year	1976	3,629,823
29130	Atlantic	South Atlantic OCS Benchmark Study FY 1977	1977	4,055,342
29135	Atlantic	A Benthic Recolonization Study in the Mid-Atlantic Region	1978	560,712
29163	Atlantic	Characterization of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the Mid- and North Atlantic OCS	1978	3,704,867
29164	Atlantic	The North and Mid-Atlantic Canyons Assessment Study	1978	612,180
29165	Atlantic	Study of Crude Oil Effects on Developmental Stages of the American Lobster	1979	119,848
29168	Atlantic	South Atlantic OCS Area Living Marine Resources Study	1979	739,204
29169	Atlantic	Study of the Effects of Oil on Marine Mammals	1979	2,018,457
29172	Atlantic	OCS Oil and Gas Operations: Possible Effects on Cetaceans	1980	393,600

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29181	Atlantic	North Atlantic OCS Area Study of the Economic Cost from Oil Spills to Commercial Fishing	1980	954,068
29185	Atlantic	South Atlantic OCS Area Living Marine Resources Study, 2nd Year	1981	1,420,379
29189	Atlantic	North Carolina Fisheries and Environmental Data Search and Synthesis Study	1981	169,730
29190	Atlantic	Analysis of Historical Benthic Infaunal Samples from Georges Bank	1981	100,706
29192	Atlantic	Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Benthic Infauna	1982	3,998,016
29194	Atlantic	The Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments	1982	324,847
29198	Atlantic	Analysis of Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments and Analysis of Hydrocarbons and Trace Metals in Benthic Fauna from Georges Bank	1982	103,941
30001	Atlantic	Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Analysis of Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments and Hydrocarbons and Trace Metals in Benthic Fauna	1983	292,021
30025	Atlantic	Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments During the Second Year Monitoring Period	1983	317,587
30063	Atlantic	Study of the Effects of Oil on Marine Turtles	1983	552,135
30064	Atlantic	Biological Processes on the U.S. Atlantic Continental Slope and Rise: Part A, and Studies of the North and Mid-Atlantic Slope and Rise: Part B	1983	7,780,235
30153	Atlantic	Georges Bank Monitoring Program: Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments During the Third Year Monitoring Period	1984	263,824
30197	Atlantic	Analysis of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments in Support of Deepwater Biological Processes Studies on the U.S. Atlantic Continental Slope and Rise	1984	372,385
30293	Atlantic	Study of the Effects of Oil on Marine Mammals (Synthesis of Available Information)	1986	221,857
30336	Atlantic	Synthesis of Knowledge of the Potential Outer Continental Shelf Impacts from Oil and Gas Activities on Fisheries	1986	533,747
30362	Atlantic	Synthesis of Information of the Effects of Noise on Marine Mammals and Production of a Manuscript	1987	154,861
30369	Atlantic	Workshop to Facilitate Efforts to Develop Effective Systems for Tracking Endangered Whales	1987	20,098
CT5-12	Atlantic	Effects of the Tamano Spill on the Marine Environment	1975	28,000

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CT6-51	Atlantic	New England Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Benchmark Study	1976	4,302,416
CT8-25	Atlantic	South Atlantic Hard Bottom Study	1978	235,968
IA7-35	Atlantic	NMFS Middle Atlantic Baseline Studies	1977	550,000
PO138	Atlantic	Modification to A Summary of Environmental Information of U.S. Atlantic Slope and Rise	1984	10,500
14549	Gulf of Mexico	Analysis of Dive Logs for Turtle Observation Data	1987	13,595
14943	Gulf of Mexico	Florida Keys Drilling Study	1987	25,000
14945	Gulf of Mexico	Sponsorship of Conference Session on the Ecology of the Gulf of Mexico (American Society of Zoologists)	1987	15,000
17447	Gulf of Mexico	Diving Investigation at Old Drilling Sites Near the Florida Keys Area	1988	105,000
29000	Gulf of Mexico	MAFLA Environmental Monitoring Program, FY 1975	1975	3,872,317
29005	Gulf of Mexico	Ecological Investigations of Petroleum Production Platforms in Central Gulf of Mexico	1978	2,186,738
29006	Gulf of Mexico	Eastern Gulf of Mexico Marine Habitat Mapping Study	1978	373,225
29011	Gulf of Mexico	Texas Barrier Islands Ecological Characterization	1979	827,270
29028	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Remote Sensing Study (Marine Productivity and Hydrography)	1982	98,000
29029	Gulf of Mexico	Distribution and Abundance of Endangered and Vulnerable Mammals, Birds, and Turtles, FY 1981	1981	500,000
29036	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Regional Biological Communities Survey	1982	845,500
29038	Gulf of Mexico	Data Tape Reformatting Project	1982	49,844
29041	Gulf of Mexico	Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Benchmark Study, FY 1977	1977	3,783,010
29085	Gulf of Mexico	Ecological Characterization of the Mississippi Delta Plain Region	1978	892,250
29089	Gulf of Mexico	Marine Birds, Mammals, Turtles, and Endangered Manatee—South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Pilot Study	1979	245,673
29091	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico Polychaeta Taxonomy Standardization Study	1979	257,602
29096	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic OCS Study on the Distribution and Abundance of Endan1gered and Vulnerable Mammals, Birds, and Turtles, FY 1980	1980	494,870
29103	Gulf of Mexico	IXTOC Oil Spill Damage Assessment Study	1980	555,926
29106	Gulf of Mexico	Ecological Communities of OCS Slope and Adjacent Regimes of Northern Gulf of Mexico	1981	213,319

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29118	Gulf of Mexico	Distribution and Abundance of Endangered and Vulnerable Mammals, Birds, and Turtles	1982	100,000
29124	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Baseline Study, Biology and Chemistry, FY 1975	1975	726,818
29126	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Monitoring Study, Biology and Chemistry, FY 1976	1976	2,177,999
29127	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Topographic Features Study, FY 1976	1976	638,214
29131	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Baseline Monitoring: Biology and Chemistry, FY 1977	1977	2,307,225
29132	Gulf of Mexico	Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Topographic Features Study, FY 1977	1977	744,361
29134	Gulf of Mexico	South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Birds Literature Synthesis and Analysis	1978	190,000
29136	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico Topographic Features Study	1978	2,891,344
29137	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Three Year Data Synthesis Study	1978	501,694
29139	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico Effects of OCS Oil Gas Activities on Reef Fish	1979	395,822
29140	Gulf of Mexico	Northern Gulf of Mexico Topographic Feature Study	1980	1,398,690
29142	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystem Study, Year I	1980	1,338,285
29144	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Hydrographic Study, Year II	1981	1,866,916
29145	Gulf of Mexico	Northern Gulf of Mexico Topographic Features Data Synthesis Study	1981	570,965
30036	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Coastal Ecological Characterization (Continuation of 29099)	1980	1,090,973
30037	Gulf of Mexico	Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecological Characterization (Continuation of 29095)	1980	1,185,000
30046	Gulf of Mexico	Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study	1983	1,136,128
30048	Gulf of Mexico	Tuscaloosa Trend Study Regional Data Search and Synthesis	1983	285,475
30070	Gulf of Mexico	Environmental and Geologic Atlas of the Texas Coastal Zone	1983	150,000
30071	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Benthic Communities Study	1983	808,643
30188	Gulf of Mexico	Florida Big Bend Sea Grass Habitat Study	1984	386,998
30201	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecological Analyses	1984	283,000
30211	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystem Study—Year 2	1984	992,137
30212	Gulf of Mexico	Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study—Years 2, 3, and 4	1984	2,543,000
30252	Gulf of Mexico	Outer Continental Shelf Development and Potential Coastal Habitat Alteration	1985	1,389,699

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30276	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Shelf Ecosystem Study Data Synthesis	1985	378,873
30325	Gulf of Mexico	Impacts of OCS Activities on Sensitive Coastal Habitats	1986	444,481
30346	Gulf of Mexico	Mississippi-Alabama Marine Ecosystem Study	1987	2,471,266
30351	Gulf of Mexico	Coastal and Offshore Environmental Analysis, FY 1987	1987	670,000
30380	Gulf of Mexico	Offshore Texas and Louisiana Marine Ecosystem Data Synthesis	1987	149,972
30383	Gulf of Mexico	Southwest Florida Nearshore Benthic Habitat Study	1987	418,218
30393	Gulf of Mexico	Long-Term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahia Las Minas, Panama	1987	1,211,066
30398	Gulf of Mexico	Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Underwater Explosions to Marine Turtles	1987	555,038
30452	Gulf of Mexico	Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks	1988	348,896
30454	Gulf of Mexico	Fates and Effects of Nearshore Discharges of OCS Produced Waters	1988	607,575
30470	Gulf of Mexico	Long-Term Chronic Effects—University Initiative	1989	500,000
CT4-11	Gulf of Mexico	MAFLA OCS Baseline Study, FY 1974	1974	961,278
CT4-13	Gulf of Mexico	Hydrocarbons Quality Control Analyses MAFLA Study, FY 1974	1974	291,305
CT4-16	Gulf of Mexico	MAFLA OCS Hydrographic Study	1974	174,040
CT5-04	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas Topographic Features Study, FY 1975	1975	465,450
CT5-27	Gulf of Mexico	MAFLA OCS Multivariate Analysis of Water Column Data	1975	22,063
CT5-43	Gulf of Mexico	MAFLA OCS Analysis of Hydrocarbons in Epifauna	1975	9,216
CT5-49	Gulf of Mexico	Trace Metals Quality Control Analyses (MAFLA II), South Texas I	1975	110,000
CT7-28	Gulf of Mexico	Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Ichthyoplankton Study, FY 1977	1977	88,851
IA5-19	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Baseline Study, Plankton, Fisheries, and Physical Oceanography, FY 1975	1975	547,700
IA7-03	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Fisheries Investigation Study (See IA7-21)	1977	285,468
IA7-21	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Fishing Investigation Study (See IA7-03)	1977	158,662
IA8-27	Gulf of Mexico	Mapping of Seagrasses by Remote Sensing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico	1978	5,000
MU5-20	Gulf of Mexico	South Texas OCS Baseline Study, Geology, FY 1975	1975	567,946

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PO950	Gulf of Mexico	Publications of Scientific Journal Article on Flower Garden Banks	1984	1,056
10396	Pacific	Atlas of Fish Larvae of California Current System	1989	54,600
10576	Pacific	Study of Marbled Murrelet in California	1989	41,500
10683	Pacific	Monitoring of Olympic National Park Beaches to Determine Fate and Effects of Spilled Bunker C Fuel Oil	1989	276,810
14257	Pacific	Diving Patterns of Free-Swimming Northern Elephant Seals (Co-funding of study with National Science Foundation)	1987	20,000
17213	Pacific	Effects of Seismic Energy Release on Dungeness Crab Larvae	1988	70,000
29010	Pacific	Ecological Characterization of Central and Northern California Coastal Region	1979	697,300
29079	Pacific	Southern California Bight Baseline, Year I	1975	3,930,264
29080	Pacific	Southern California Bight Intertidal Baseline Survey, Year II	1976	6,237,532
29082	Pacific	Southern California Marine Mammal and Seabird Survey, Year III	1977	971,104
29083	Pacific	Southern California Bight Intertidal Baseline Survey, Year III	1977	2,137,858
29087	Pacific	Biological and Geological Reconnaissance and Characterization Survey of the Tanner and Cortes Banks	1978	658,166
29088	Pacific	Seabird Nesting and Seasonal Use: Central and Northern California	1979	147,492
29090	Pacific	Central and Northern California Marine Mammal and Seabird Study	1979	3,714,914
29102	Pacific	California Seabird Oil Spill Behavior Study	1980	496,294
29104	Pacific	Oil Spill Vulnerability (Risk) Assessment of Marine and Coastal Habitats in Central and Northern California	1980	487,464
29105	Pacific	California Commercial and Sports Fish Oil Toxicity Study and Monitoring Workshop	1980	1,063,133
29112	Pacific	Seabird Oil Toxicity Study	1981	1,012,922
29115	Pacific	Southern California Marine Mammal/Seabird Risk Analysis	1982	184,356
29122	Pacific	Evaluation of Effluent Dispersion and Fate Models for OCS Platforms	1982	56,868
30005	Pacific	Observations of Sea Otter Behavior	1983	31,546
30023	Pacific	Synthesis of Available Population Information on California Sea Otters	1983	6,160

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30032	Pacific	Assessment of Long-Term Changes in the Biological Communities. Phase I. Benthic Reconnaissance of Santa Barbara Channel/Santa Maria Basin	1983	1,508,565
30033	Pacific	Population Status of California Sea Otters/Simulation Modeling of the Effects of Oil Spills on Population Dynamics of Key Marine Mammal Species	1983	1,187,090
30056	Pacific	Assessment of the Long-Term Fate and Effective Methods of Mitigation of California OCS Platform Particulate Discharges	1983	219,537
30057	Pacific	Successional/Seasonal Variation of the Central and Northern California Rocky Intertidal Communities as Related to Natural and Man-Induced Disturbances	1983	1,495,000
30157	Pacific	Sea Otter Oil Spill Mitigation Study	1984	473,247
30159	Pacific	Adaptation of Marine Organisms to Chronic Hydrocarbon Exposure	1984	961,738
30183	Pacific	Northern California Seabird Ecology Study	1984	514,323
30224	Pacific	Completion of Southern California Marine Mammal and Seabird Risk Analysis	1984	58,979
30256	Pacific	Sea Otter Oil Spill Avoidance Study	1985	551,240
30262	Pacific	Monitoring: Assessment of Long-Term Changes in Biological Communities	1986	7,590,000
30273	Pacific	Study of the Effects of Offshore Geophysical Acoustic Survey Operations on Important Commercial Fisheries in California	1985	509,885
30294	Pacific	California OCS Fisheries Database	1985	537,929
30306	Pacific	Gray Whale Monitoring Study	1986	188,195
30341	Pacific	Ecology of the Southern California Bight: A Synthesis and Interpretation	1987	339,865
30388	Pacific	Biological Reconnaissance of Selected Benthic Habitats Within Three California Planning Areas	1987	934,168
30426	Pacific	Oregon and Washington Marine Mammal and Seabird Study	1988	1,484,586
30429	Pacific	An Evaluation of Spawning and Recruitment Patterns of Fishes off Northern California, Oregon, and Washington	1988	288,260
30445	Pacific	Fish Assemblages of Rocky Banks of the Pacific Northwest	1988	300,000
30451	Pacific	Biological Impacts of Translocated Sea Otters	1988	90,652
30456	Pacific	Seabird Nesting for Central and Northern California Region and Preparation of the Catalog of California Seabird Colonies	1988	180,000

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30459	Pacific	Washington, Oregon, and California OCS Fisheries Database	1988	448,509
30471	Pacific	Long-Term Chronic Effects—University Initiative	1989	500,000
CT5-28	Pacific	Southern California Marine Mammal and Seabird Survey, Year I	1975	652,000
CT6-15	Pacific	Summary and Analysis of Environmental Information of the Oregon and Washington Coastal Zone and Offshore Areas	1976	157,184
CT6-26	Pacific	Southern California Marine Mammal and Seabird Survey, Year II	1976	1,028,951
10410	Washington	Publication of IWC Right Whale Workshop Proceedings	1985	2,000
10548	Washington	Reactivation of Registry of Marine Pathology	1989	5,000
12366	Washington	Study of Right Whales in the South Atlantic, Spring 1986	1986	5,000
12432	Washington	Conference on Fish Pathology Nomenclature	1986	10,000
12504	Washington	Right Whale Survey—North Atlantic	1986	4,950
14182	Washington	National Bureau of Standards Project to Develop Standard Reference Materials for Marine Sediments and Tissues of Marine Organisms	1987	40,000
14562	Washington	Beringian Marine Mammals as Indicators	1987	7,430
14638	Washington	Chemrawn IV Modern Chemistry and Chemical Technology Applied to the Oceans and Its Resources	1987	10,000
14666	Washington	Reimbursement of a Satellite-Monitored Radio Transmitter (Argos PTT) from Telonics, Inc.	1987	3,000
14863	Washington	1988 International Drilling Waste Conference	1987	5,000
14945	Washington	Ninth Biennial International Research Conference	1987	10,000
16870	Washington	Right Whale Recovery Project—Video Tape	1988	1,000
16893	Washington	Right Whale Study in South Atlantic, Spring 1988	1988	3,500
17041	Washington	Diving Patterns of Free-Swimming Northern Elephant Seals		25,000
17578	Washington	Tagging and Tracking a Platform Sea Turtle	1988	8,800
29022	Washington	Partial Support of NAS Workshop to Update the 1975 Report on Petroleum in the Marine Environment	1981	20,000
29063	Washington	Review and Assessment of Fates and Effects of Drilling Muds and Cuttings in the Marine Environment	1981	116,500
29075	Washington	NAS Oceans Sciences Board Research Support	1982	30,000
29092	Washington	Curating Biological Specimens from OCS Environmental Studies	1979	1,396,070
29128	Washington	Analyze Marine Samples from MAFLA, Southern California, South Texas, North Atlantic, and South Atlantic OCS	1976	939,503

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29146	Washington	Publication of Papers on the Macrobenthos of the Middle Atlantic Continental Shelf—Task 1	1982	13,332
29147	Washington	Analysis and Publication of Three Manuscripts for Oil Spill Programs	1982	25,312
29148	Washington	Analysis and Publication of Significant Findings from Information Collected for the OCS Studies Program—Hydrocarbon Chemistry	1982	19,571
29149	Washington	Publication of Papers on Ecological Characterization of Macrofaunal Communities of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico	1982	9,894
29150	Washington	Publication of Papers on Remote Censusing of Fish Assemblages Associated with Oil and Gas Production Structures and Natural Hard Bottoms in the Gulf of Mexico	1982	10,672
29151	Washington	Publication of Papers on Benthic Biota and Fish Assemblages Associated with Oil and Gas Production Structures and Natural Hard Bottoms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico	1982	10,971
29152	Washington	Analysis and Publication of Three Manuscripts on Behavior of Bowhead Whales	1982	40,000
29153	Washington	Publication of Paper on Ecology of Macrobenthos of the North Central Gulf of Mexico	1982	15,049
29154	Washington	Publication of Paper on Quantification of Potential Oil Spill Impacts on Georges Bank Commercial Fisheries	1982	15,640
29155	Washington	Analysis and Publication of Significant Findings from Information Collected for the OCS Studies Program—Task 3	1982	20,744
29156	Washington	OCS Data Synthesis and Publication of a Paper on the Macroinfaunal Benthos of the U.S. South Atlantic Bight	1982	18,944
29157	Washington	OCS Data Synthesis and Publication of a Paper on the Deepwater Biological Communities of Two Offshore Southern California Banks	1982	19,621
30016	Washington	Distributions of Beringian Sea Marine Mammals Related to Oceanographic Characteristics (Continued under purchase order to Dr. C. Ray)	1983	9,321
30024	Washington	Second Adaptive Environmental Assessment Workshop on Drilling Muds	1983	15,000
30089	Washington	Analysis, Interpretation, and Write-up of Bowhead Data from Prior LGL Work	1983	4,000
30090	Washington	A Quantitative Description and Analysis of High-Use Cetacean Habitats on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf	1983	19,361
30091	Washington	Distributional Biology of the Right Whale from Cape Hatteras to Nova Scotia	1983	19,303

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30092	Washington	Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Distribution in the Southern California Bight: Statistical Modeling of Aerial Transect Data	1983	11,627
30093	Washington	California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Distribution in the Southern California Bight Waters: Statistical Modeling of Aerial and Ship Transect Data	1983	11,627
30094	Washington	Analysis of Data from the MAFLA Rig Monitoring Study and Publication of Scientific Article	1983	14,470
30095	Washington	Analysis of Data from the Bureau of Land Management STOCS Study and Publication of Scientific Articles	1983	19,457
30096	Washington	Distribution of Trace Metals in Marine Sediments	1983	26,464
30097	Washington	The Occurrence of Polychaete Mats (Phyllochaetopterus socialis) off South Carolina	1983	6,101
30098	Washington	Population Dynamics of Benthic Macrofauna on the Southwest Beaufort Sea	1983	15,830
30099	Washington	Analysis of Macrobenthic Data Collected During the Central Gulf OCS Studies	1983	23,300
30100	Washington	Biogeography of Intertidal Communities Along the California Coast	1983	12,698
30101	Washington	Aspects of the Biofouling Community off Petroleum Platforms in the Central Gulf of Mexico	1983	9,408
30102	Washington	Publication of Scientific Manuscript—Comparison of Epifauna in North Atlantic Canyons	1983	17,735
30103	Washington	Analysis of MAFLA Macroinfauna Data and Associated Databases and Publication of Significant Scientific Findings in Refereed Scientific Journal	1983	18,985
30114	Washington	Relative Marine Productivity of the OCS Planning Areas	1983	764,170
30268	Washington	Implementation of Long-Term Effects Program	1985	311,152
30355	Washington	Short-Term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahia Las Minas, Panama	1987	231,485
CT0-23	Washington	Effects of Whale Monitoring System Attachment Devices on Whale Tissue	1980	74,512
CT3-0198	Washington	Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors Relating to the Area Adjacent to and Including the OCS from Sandy Hook, New Jersey to the Bay of Fundy	1973	201,824
CT3-09	Washington	Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors Relating to the Area Adjacent to and Including the OCS from Cook Inlet to Unimak Island, Alaska	1973	69,514

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CT3-10	Washington	Socioeconomic Factors Relating to the Area Adjacent to and Including the OCS from Brownsville, TX to the Point 24 N., 81 W. (Gulf of Mexico)	1973	28,404
CT4-12	Washington	Marine Benthic Fauna Including Demersal Fishes on the OCS from De Soto Canyon, LA to Brownsville, TX	1974	52,830
CT6-33	Washington	Symposium: Sources, Effects, and Sinks of Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Environment	1976	10,000
CT6-35	Washington	Workshop: Hydrocarbon Quality Control	1976	2,519
CT6-58	Washington	Operation and Maintenance of a Lobster Toxicity Laboratory Module	1976	5,400
CT7-24	Washington	Effects of Crude Oil on Development Stages of American Lobsters	1977	312,000
CT8-26	Washington	Hydrocarbon Quality Control Analyses, FY 1978	1978	37,348
IA5-36	Washington	Film Processing in Support of Study CT5-28	1975	43,000
IA6-34	Washington	Distribution and Fates of Biogenic and Petroleum Derived Substances from Sediments	1976	481,325
IA7-09	Washington	Environmental Impacts of the Argo Merchant Oil Spill	1977	170,000
IA7-20	Washington	A Study of the Biogeochemistry of Petroleum Components at the Sediment-Water Interface	1977	307,960
MU0-37	Washington	Assessments of the Effects of Oil and Gas Development in the Offshore Texas and Louisiana Marine Ecosystems	1980	9,000
PO231	Washington	Pilot Study to Determine Feasibility of Using Lignosulfonates as Tracers of Drilling Muds in Marine Sediments	1984	24,580