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2020 Theme: Understanding Human, Economic and Environmental Resiliency in the Gulf of Mexico

For the Science Expert Briefing (Details in Spring 2020!)

United States Government Primer

Books and Reports

Water Quality of the Gulf of Mexico

Troubled Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

The Ecological Condition of Estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico

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RESTORE Act (2012)
 
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
 

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Gulf Research Program

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Dispatches from the Gulf (videos, podcasts, documentaries)

NOAA Gulf of Mexico Research

The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas

Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System

Gulf Oil Spill (Smithsonian)

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