Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

1.Habitats And Biota Of The Gulf Of Mexico: An Overview.- 2.Water Quality Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 3.Sediments Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 4.Sediment Contaminants Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 5.Oil And Gas Seeps In The Gulf Of Mexico.- 6.Coastal Habitats Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 7.Offshore Plankton And Benthos Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 8.Shellfish Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- Appendix A:List of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols.- Appendix B: Unit Conversion Table.- Index.

C. Herb Ward is Professor Emeritus at Rice University. He held the A. J. Foyt Family Chair of Engineering and was Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Weiss School of Natural Sciences. He is now a Scholar in Environmental Science and Technology Policy in the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. He received his BS (1955) in Biology and Agricultural Science from New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, his MS (1958) and PhD (1960) in Microbial Diseases, Physiology, and Genetics of Plants from Cornell University, and the MPH (1978) in Environmental Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the inaugural Director of the Energy and Environmental Systems Institute at Rice University. He also served as Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)-sponsored National Center for Ground Water Research and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-sponsored Advanced Applied (Environmental) Technology Development Facility. Dr. Ward was a member of the USEPA Science Advisory Board and served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and led the development of the journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM), Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB), and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Dr. Ward received the Pohland