Research Publications

DeLong, K.L., Palmer, K., Wagner, A.J., Weerabaddana, M.M., Slowey, N., Herrmann, A.D., Duprey, N., Martínez-García, A., Jung, J., Hajdas, I. and Rose, N.L., 2023. The flower garden banks Siderastrea siderea coral as a candidate global boundary stratotype section and point for the Anthropocene series. The Anthropocene Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196221147616

Dias, L. M., Johnston, M. A., O'Connell, K., Clift, L. W., Eisenbach, O., Hannum, R., Williams, K., French, D., Cannizzo, Z., Hutto, S. (2023). Rapid Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. https://doi.org/10.25923/jdpb-zw04

Díaz, M.C., Nuttall, M., Pomponi, S., Rützler, K., Adams, C., Hickerson, E., Schmahl, G. and Klontz, S.W., 2022. An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks national marine sanctuary and vicinities. ZooKeys 1161: 1-68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1161.93754

Edwards, C.B., Viehman, T.S., Battista, T., Cook, S., Combs, I., Couch, C., Ferrari, R., Figueira, W., Gordon, S., Kuester, F., Gleason, A.C.R., Greene, W., McCarthy, O., Oliver, T., Pederson, N.E., Petrovic, V., Rojano, S., Runyon, H., Zygliczynski, B.J. (2023) Large-area Imaging in Coral Reef monitoring, research, and restoration: a practical guide to survey planning, execution, and data extraction. NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memorandum 313. https://doi.org/10.25923/5n6d-kx34

Johnston MA, Studivan MS, Enochs IC, Correa AMS, Besemer N, Eckert RJ, Edwards K, Hannum R, Hu X, Nuttall M, O’Connell K, Palacio-Castro AM, Schmahl GP, Sturm AB, Ushijima B and Voss JD, 2023. Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1111749. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1111749

McCartin, Luke J., Emma Saso, Samuel A. Vohsen, Nicole C. Pittoors, Penny Demetriades, Catherine S. McFadden, Andrea M. Quattrini, Santiago Herrera. Nuclear eDNA Metabarcoding Primers for Anthozoan Coral Biodiversity Assessment. bioRxiv 2023.10.26.564240. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.26.564240

O’Connell, K., Nuttall, M. F., Blakeway, R. D., Hickerson, E. L., & Schmahl, G. P. (2023). Marine debris on reefs and banks in the vicinity of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-23-02. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

Sturm, A.B., Eckert, R.J., Carreiro, A.M., Klein, A.M., Studivan, M.S., Dodge Farelli, D., Simões, N., González‐Díaz, P., González Méndez, J. and Voss, J.D., 2023. Does depth divide? Variable genetic connectivity patterns among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa coral populations across the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean. Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), p.e10622. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10622

Blakeway R. D., Fogg A. Q., Johnston M. A., Rooker J. R., Jones G. A. 2022. Key Life History Attributes and Removal Efforts of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.774407

Blakeway RD, O’Connell K, Nuttall MF, Hannum R, Johnston MA, Hu X, Hickerson EL, Schmahl GP, Sinclair J. 2022. Stetson Bank long-term monitoring: 2020 and 2021 annual report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-22-02. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. 32 pp.

Bright, TJ and Gittings, SG. 2022. Geological faulting a possible trigger for brine-induced reef mortality at East Flower Garden Bank, NW Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science. 99 (0). https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0024

Doyle, Shawn M., Miabel J. Self, Joseph Hayes, Kathryn E.F. Shamberger, Adrienne M.S. Correa, Sarah W. Davies, Lory Z. Santiago-Vázquez, Jason B. Sylvan. 2022. Microbial Community Dynamics Provide Evidence for Hypoxia During a Coral Reef Mortality Event. bioRxiv 2022.02.24.481904; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.24.481904

Govindarajan,Annette F., Luke McCartin, Allan Adams, Elizabeth Allan, Abhimanyu Belani, Rene Francolini, Justin Fujii, Daniel Gomez-Ibañez, Amy Kukulya, Fredrick Marin, Kaitlyn Tradd, Dana R. Yoerger, Jill M. McDermott, Santiago Herrera, Improved biodiversity detection using a large-volume environmental DNA sampler with in situ filtration and implications for marine eDNA sampling strategies. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Volume 189, 2022, 103871, ISSN 0967-0637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103871

Johnston M.A. (2022). Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2022 Research, Monitoring, and Resource Protection Report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-22-12. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 16 pp.

Johnston MA, O’Connell K., Blakeway RD, Hannum R, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL, Schmahl GP. 2022. Long-term monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2020 and 2021 annual report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-22-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. 57 pp.

Johnston MA, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL, O’Connell K, Blakeway RD, Embesi JA, MacMillan J, Peter D, Schmahl GP. 2022. Characterizing the Biological Community Before and After Partial Removal of an Offshore Gas Platform in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Env. Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01714-8

Lawman, A. E., Dee, S. G., DeLong, K. L., & Correa, A. M. S. (2022). Rates of future climate change in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea: Implications for coral reef ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2022JG006999. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006999

McCartin, Luke J., Samuel A. Vohsen, Susan W. Ambrose, Michael Layden, Catherine S. McFadden, Erik E. Cordes, Jill M. McDermott, and Santiago Herrera. Temperature Controls eDNA Persistence across Physicochemical Conditions in Seawater. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 56 (12), 8629-8639. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01672

McLaughlin C, Wusinich-Mendez D, Johnston MA, et al. 2022. NOAA Strategy for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease: An Implementation Plan for Response and Prevention. US DOC. NOAA.

Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL, Blakeway RD, Schmahl GP, Sammarco PW. 2022. Do Oil and Gas Lease Stipulations in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Need Expansion to Better Protect Vulnerable Coral Communities? How Low Relief Habitats Support High Coral Biodiversity. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.780248

Richards, Joseph, Kittle, Ronald P., Schmidt, William E., Sauvage, Thomas, Gurgel, Carlos F. D., Gabriel, Daniela, Fredericq, Suzanne. 2002. Assessment of Rhodolith Diversity in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Including the Description of Sporolithon gracile sp. nov. (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta), and Three New Species of Roseolithon (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta). Frontiers in Marine Science 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.906679

Sanchez, Phillip J, Dance, Michael A, Kraus, Richard T, Hill, Ronald L, Rooker, Jay R. 2022. Fish community characterization of mid-shelf and shelf-edge mesophotic coral ecosystems in the expanded Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Bulletin of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0014

Yudelman, Eleanor & Slowey, Niall. (2022). Coral extension rate analysis using computed axial tomography. Coral Reefs. 41. 10.1007/s00338-022-02235-w. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02235-w

Blakeway, R.D., Fogg, A.Q. and Jones, G.A. 2021. Oldest Indo-Pacific Lionfish (Pterois volitans/P. miles) Recorded From the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research. 32(1): GCFI1-GCFI4. https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.3201.01

Blakeway, R.D., Ross, A.D., Jones, G.A. 2021. Insights from a Survey of Texas Gulf Coast Residents on the Social Factors Contributing to Willingness to Consume and Purchase Lionfish. Sustainability, 13, 9621. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179621.

Clements KR, Karp P, Harris HE, Ali F, Candelmo A, Rodríguez SJ, Balcázar-Escalera C, Fogg AQ, Green SJ, Solomon JN. The Role of Citizen Science in the Research and Management of Invasive Lionfish across the Western Atlantic. Diversity. 2021; 13(12):673. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120673

Davis, A. C. D., Akins, L., Pollock, C., Lundgren, I., Johnston, M. A., Castillo, B. II, Reale-Munroe, K., McDonough, V., Moneysmith, S., and Green, S. J. (2021). Multiple drivers of invasive lionfish culling efficiency in marine protected areas. Conservation Science and Practice, e541. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.541

Etnoyer, P., R. Bassett, C. Adams, T. Battista, R. Blakeway, S. Harter, J. Howell, J. Lunden, R. McGuinn, M. Nizinski, K. Overly, M. Poti, E. Salgado, A. Shuler, A. Skarke, H. Coleman, and T. Hourigan. 2021. NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI) 2016-2019: Final Report. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-OHC-9, 116 p.

Frometa, J.; Etnoyer, P.J.; Quattrini, A.M.; Herrera, S.; Greig, T.W. Genetic Divergence and Polyphyly in the Octocoral Genus Swiftia [Cnidaria: Octocorallia], Including a Species Impacted by the DWH Oil Spill. Diversity 2021, 13, 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13040172

Johnson, M.D., Swaminathan, S.D., Nixon, E.N. et al. Differential susceptibility of reef-building corals to deoxygenation reveals remarkable hypoxia tolerance. Sci Rep 11, 23168 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01078-9

Johnston, M.A. 2021. Strategy for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Prevention and Response at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-21-06. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 30 pp. https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/media/docs/202107-strategy-for-stony-coral-tissue-loss-desease-prevention-repsonse-at-fgbnms.pdf

Johnston, M.A., O’Connell, K., Blakeway, R.D., MacMillan, J., Nuttall, M.F., Hu, X., Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2021. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2019 Annual Report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-21-02. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 88 pp.

Kelley, E.R., R.S. Sleith, M.V. Matz, and R.M. Wright. 2021. Gene expression associated with disease resistance and long-term growth in a reef-building coral. Royal Society Open Science. 8:210113. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210113

Manzello, D.P., Kolodziej, G., Kirkland, A. et al. Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs 40, 1097–1111 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02108-8

Shore, A.N., Sims, J.A., Grimes, M., Howe-Kerr, L.E., grupstra, C.G.B., Doyle, S.M., Stadler, L., Sylvan, J.B., Shamberger, K.E.F., Davies, S.W., Santiago-Vazquez, L.Z., Correa, A.M.S. 2021. On a Reef Far, Far Away: Anthropogenic Impacts Following Extreme Storms Affect Sponge Health and Associated Bacterial Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8:608036. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.608036

Strader M.E., Aichelman H.E., Benson B., Howe-Kerr L.I., Hickerson E., Davies S.W. (2021) Expanding coral reproductive knowledge using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV): broadcast spawning observations of mesophotic corals at the Flower Garden Banks. Marine Biodiversity 51:70 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01159-4

Viehman, T.S., Grove, J.G., Blondeau, J., Cain, E., Edwards, K.F., Groves, S.H., Krampitz, N., Langwiser, C., Siceloff, L., Swanson, D., Towle, E.K., Williams, B. (2022) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Biological Monitoring Summary - Flower Garden Banks: 2022. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 47. https://doi.org/10.25923/1re3-s258

Weerabaddana, M.M., DeLong K.L., Wagner, A.J., Loke, D.W.Y., Kilbourne, K.H., Slowey, N., Hu, H., Shen, C. (2021) Insights from barium variability in a Siderastrea siderea coral in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin 173:A https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01159-4

Bargar, T. A., Stout, S. A., & Alvarez, D. 2020. Petroleum hydrocarbons in semipermeable membrane devices deployed in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Florida keys following the Deepwater Horizon incident. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110622

Gil-Agudelo, D.L., Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., Brenner, J., Gonzalez-Diaz, P., Kiene, W., Lustic, C., and Perez-Espana, H. Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Conservation Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:807. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00807

Harris, H.E., Fogg, A.Q., Allen, M.S., Ahrens, R.N.M., Patterson, W.F. 2020. Precipitous Declines in Northern Gulf of Mexico Invasive Lionfish Populations Following the Emergence of an Ulcerative Skin Disease. Nature Scientific Reports 10:1934. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58886-8

Johnston, M.A., R.D. Blakeway, K. O’Connell, J. MacMillan, M.F. Nuttall, X. Hu, J.A. Embesi, E.L. Hickerson, and G.P. Schmahl. 2020. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2018 Annual Report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-09. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 124 pp.

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., O’Connell, K., MacMillan, J., Blakeway, R.D., Ebert, E., Taylor, C., Hickerson, E.L., Embesi, J.A. and Schmahl, G.P. 2020. Baseline Ecological Assessment of Artificial Reef, High Island A-389-A: Pre- and Post-Structure Removal. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-11. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 201 pp.

Krayesky-Self, Sherry, Phung, D., Schmidt, W., Sauvage, T., Butler, L., and Fredericq, S. First Report of Endolithic Members of Rhodosorus marinus (Stylonematales, Rhodophyta) Growing Inside Rhodoliths Offshore Louisiana, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science. https:/doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00007

Limer, B. D., Bloomberg, J., and Holstein, D. M. The Influence of Eddies on Coral Larval Retention in the Flower Garden Banks. Front. Mar. Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00372

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. 2020. In Coral reef condition: A status report for U.S. Coral Reefs. Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Report. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/status_report/docs/FGB_508_compliant.pdf

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. 2020. In Coral reef condition: A status report for U.S. Coral Reefs. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27295

Nuttall, M.F., Blakeway, R., MacMillan, J., Sterne, T., O’Connell, K., Hu, X., Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.L., Johnston, M.A., Schmahl, G.P., Sinclair, J. 2020. Stetson Bank Long-term Monitoring: 2015–2018 Synthesis Report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-21-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 165 pp.

Nuttall. M.F., Somerfield, P.J., Sterne, T.K., MacMillan, J.T., Sinclair, J., Hickerson, E.L., Embesi, J.A., Johnston, M.J., and Schmahl, G.P. 2020. Stetson Bank Long-Term Monitoring: 1993-2015. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-06. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 156 pp.

Opresko, D., Goldman, S.L., Johnson, R., Parra, K., Nuttall, M., Schmahl, G.P., and Brugler, M.R. 2020. Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of black coral from Elvers Bank, north-western Gulf of Mexico (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Aphanipathidae: Distichopathes). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531542000051X

Richards, J.S., Kittle, R.P., Absire, J.R., Fuselier, D., Schmidt, W.E., Gurgel, C.F.D., and Fredericq, S. Range extension of Mesophyllum erubescens (Foslie) Me. Lemoine (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta): first report from mesophotic rhodolith beds in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico offshore Louisiana and Texas, including the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Check List 16(3):513-519. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.513

Sterne, T.K., Retchless, D., Allee, R., Highfield, W. 2020. Predictive modelling of mesophotic habitats in the north-western Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3281

Wetmore, L., Dance, M.A., Hill, R., and Rooker, J. Community Dynamics of Fish Assemblages on Mid-Shelf and Outer-Shelf Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00152

Dee, S.G., Torres, M.A., Martindale, R.C., Weiss, A., and DeLong, K.S. 2019. The Future of Reef Ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico: Insights From Coupled Climate Model Simulations and Ancient Hot-House Reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00691

Easton, Erin E. and Hicks, D. Complete mitochondrial genome of Callogorgia cf. gracilis (Octocorallia: Calcaxonia: Primnoidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4:1, 361-362, https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1544042

Fredericq, S., Krayesky-Self, S., Sauvage, T., Richards, J., Kittle, R., Arakaki, N., Hickerson, E., and Schmidt, W.E. The critical importance of rhodoliths in the life cycle completion of both macro- and microalgae, and as holobionts for the establishment and maintenance of marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00502

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Blakeway, R.D., Sterne, T.K., Hickerson, E.L., Schmahl, G.P., Lee, M.T., MacMillan, J., Embesi, J.A. Localized coral reef mortality event at East Flower Garden Bank, Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 95 (2):239-250.2019. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2018.0057

Johnston, M.A., Hickerson, E.L., Nuttall, M.F., Blakeway, R.D., Sterne, T.K., Eckert, R.J., Schmahl, G.P. 2019. Coral bleaching and recovery from 2016 to 2017 at East and West Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs 38:787–799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01788-7

Kealoha, Andrea K., Doyle, S.M., Shamerger, K.E.F., Sylvan, J.B., Hetland, R.D., and DiMarco, S.F. Localized hypoxia may have caused coral reef mortality at the Flower Garden Banks. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01883-9

Le Henaff, M., Muller-Karger, F.E., Kourafalou, V.H., Otis, D., Johnson ,K.A., McEachron, L., and Kang, H. Coral mortality event in the Flower Garden Banks of the Gulf of Mexico in July 2016: Local hypoxia due to cross-shelf transport of coastal flood waters? Continental Shelf Research 190 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.103988

McGraw, K. M. 2019. A Qualitative Characterization of Habitat Types and Fish Assemblages of the Flower Garden Banks Mesophotic Zone. Thesis. University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Nuttall, M.F., Sterne, T.K., Eckert, R.J., Hu, X., Sinclair, J., Hickerson, E.L., Embesi, J.A., Johnston, M.J., Schmahl, G.P. 2019. Stetson Bank Long Term Monitoring: 2016 Annual Report. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-19-02. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 78 pp.

Nuttall, M.F., Blakeway, R.D., MacMillan, J., Sterne, T.K., Hu, X., Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.L., Johnston, M.A., Schmahl, G.P., Sinclair, J. 2019. Stetson Bank Long-Term Monitoring: 2017 Annual Report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-19-03. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 94pp.

Nuttall, M.F., Blakeway, R.D., MacMillan, J., O’Connell, K., Hu, X., Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.L., Johnston, M.A., Schmahl, G.P., Sinclair, J. 2019. Stetson Bank Long-Term Monitoring: 2018 Annual Report. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-19-05. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 43pp.

Venera-Ponton, D.E., Schmidt, W.E., and Fredericq, S. Population Structure of the Red Macroalga Botryocladia occidentalis (Borgesen) Kylin (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales) in the Gulf of Mexico Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00652

Wright, R.M., Correa, A.M.S., Quigley, L.A., Santiago-Vazquez, L.Z., Shamberger, K.E.F., and Davies, S.W. Gene Expression of Endangered Coral (Orbicella spp.) in FGBNMS after Hurricane Harvey. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00672

Ali, A., Kriefall, N., Emery, L.E., Kenkel, C.D., Matz, M.V., and Davies, S.W. 2018. Recruit symbiosis establishment and Symbiodiniceae composition influenced by adult corals and reef sediment. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/421339

Cummings, K.E., Ruzicka, R.R., Semon-Lunz, K., Brenner, J., Goodin, K.L., Ames, K.W. 2018. Ecological Resilience Indicators for Coral Ecosystems. In: Goodin, K.L., Faber-Langendoen, D., Brenner, J., Allen, S.T., Day, R.H., Congdon, V.M., Shepard, C., Cummings, K.E., Stagg, C.L., Gabler, C.A., Osland, M., Dunton, K.H., Ruzicka, R.R., Semon-Lunz, K., Reed, D., Love, M. Ecological Resilience Indicators for Five Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems. NatureServe, Arlington VA. 71 pg.

Garavelli, L., Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D., Kuba, A., Figueiredo, J. and Cherubin, L.M. 2018. Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Larval Dynamics. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5:174. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00174

Hu, X., Nuttall, M.F., Wang, H., Yao, H. Staryk, C. J., McCutcheon, M.R., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Johnston, M.A., Hickerson, E.L., Schmahl, G.P., Manzello, D., Enochs, I.C., DiMarco, S. and Barbero, L. Seasonal variability of carbonate chemistry and decadal changes in waters of a marine sanctuary in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Chemistry. Volume 205, 20 September 2018, Pages 16-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2018.07.006

Johnston, M.A., Sterne, T.K., Blakeway, R.D., MacMillan, J., Nuttall, M.F., Hu, X., Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2018. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2017 Annual Report. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-18-02. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 124 pp.

Maher, R.L., Johnston, M.A., Brandt, M.E., Smith, T.B., Correa, A.M.S. 2018. Depth and coral cover drive the distribution of a coral macroborer across two reef systems. PLoS ONE 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199462

Maynard, J., Johnson, S., Burdick, D., Jarrett, A., Gault, J., Idechong, J., Miller, R., Williams, G., Heron, S., Raymundo, L. (2018). Coral reef resilience to climate change in Guam in 2016. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-crcp-29

Peake J., Bogdanoff, A.K., Layman, C.A., Castillo, B., Chapman, J., Dahl, K., Patterson, W., Eddy, C., Ellis, R., Faletti M., Higgs N., Johnston M.A., Muñoz R., Sandel V., Villasenor-Derbez, J.C., and Morris, J.A. Jr. 2018. Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in the temperate and tropical western Atlantic. Biological Invasions, September 2018, Volume 20, Issue 9, pp 2567-2597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1720-5

Perez-Portela, R., Bumford, A., Coffman, B., Wedelich, S., Davenport, M., Fogg, A., Swenarton, M.K., Coleman, F., Johnston, M.A., Crawford, D.L., Oleksiak, M.F. 2018. Genetic Homogeneity of Lionfish Across the Northwestern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. Scientific Reports 8: 5062. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23339-w

Polinski, J.M., Voss, J.D. Evidence of photoacclimatization to mesophotic depths in the coral-Symbiodinium symbiosis at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and McGrail Bank. Coral Reefs, September 2018, Volume 37, Issue 3, pp 779-789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1701-2

Stewart, J.D., Nuttall, M., Hickerson, E.L. and Johnston, M.A. 2018a. Important juvenile manta ray habitat at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 165:111, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3364-5

Stewart, J.D., Nuttall, M., Hickerson, E.L. and Johnston,M.A. 2018b. Correction to: Important juvenile manta ray habitat at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 165:151, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3409-9

Studivan, M.S., Voss, J.D. 2018(a). Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Population Genetics.  Frontiers in Marine Science. 5:152. Doi: 10.2289/fmars.2018.00152

Studivan, M.S. and Voss, J.D. 2018(a). Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Population Genetics. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5:152. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00152

Studivan, M.S., Voss J.D. 2018(b). Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential refugia. Coral Reefs, December 2018, Volume 37, Issue 4, pp 1183-1196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1733-7

Studivan, M.S., Milstein, G., and Voss, J.D. Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/402636

Davies, S.W., Strader, M.E., Kool, J.T., Kenkel, C.D., and Matz, M.V. Modeled differences of coral life-history traits influence the refugium potential of a remote Caribbean reef. Coral Reefs, September 2017, Volume 36, Issue 3, pp 913-925. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1583-8

Hourigan, T.F., Etnoyer, P.J., Cairns, S.D. (2017). The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OHC-4. Silver Spring, MD. 467 p.

Johnston, M.A., Eckert, R.J., Nuttall, M.F., Sterne, T.K., Embesi, J.A., Manzello, D.P., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2017. Long-term monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2013-2015, volume 1: technical report. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2017-058. 186 p.

Johnston, M.A., Eckert, R.J., Nuttall, M.F., Sterne, T.K., Embesi, J.A., Manzello, D.P., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2017. Long-term monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2013-2015, volume 2: appendices. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2017-059. 431 p.

Johnston, M.A., Sterne, T.K., Eckert, R.J., Nuttall, M.F., Embesi, J.A., Walker, R.D., Hu, X., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2017. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2016 Annual Report. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-17-09. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 132 pp.

Kiene, W., Johnston, M., Hickerson, E., and Schmahl, G.P. Unprecedented 2016 at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Southern Climate Monitor. February 2017. Volume 7, Issue 2.

Nuttall, M.F., Sterne, T.K., Eckert, R.J., Hu, X., Sinclair, J., Hickerson, E.L., Embesi, J.A., Johnston, M.J., Schmahl, G.P. 2017. Long-Term Monitoring at Stetson Bank, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2015 Annual Report. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-17-06. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 98 pp.

Barfield, S., Aglyamova, G.V. and Matz, M.V. 2016. Evolutionary origins of germline segregation in Metazoa: evidence for a germ stem cell lineage in the coral Orbicella faveolata(Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Proc. R. Soc. B 283: 20152128.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2128

Boland, G.S., Etnoyer, P.J., Fisher, C.R., Hickerson, E.L. 2016 State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico Region: Texas to the Florida Straits. In book: The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States, Edition: NOAA Technical Memorandum, Chapter: Chapter 11, Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Editors: Hourigan T.F., Etnoyer P.J., Cairns S.D., pp. 11-1 - 11-59.

Cooksey, M., Hicks, D., Figueroa, D., Hickerson, E.L. Characterizing benthic invertebrate communities of the South Texas Banks. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Fails D, Smith-Herron D, Johnston MA. 2016. Correlating ontogeny and morphometry with parasite richness and abundance in Pterois volitans along the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Invasive Species Conference. Poster. Sam Houston State University.

Johnson, J.E., Bird, C.E., Johnston, M.A., Fogg, A.Q., Hogan, J.D. 2016. Regional genetic structure and genetic founder effects in the invasive lionfish: comparing the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and North Atlantic. Marine Biology. 163:216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2981-0

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Sterne, T.K., Hickerson, E.L., and Schmahl, G.P. Long-term monitoring of coral assemblages in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Sterne, T.K., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. Persistence of coral assemblages at East and West Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-016-1452-x

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Sterne, T.K., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. Rapid invasion of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) and P. miles (Bennett, 1828) in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Snactuary, Gulf of Mexico, documented in multiple data sets. BioInvasions Records (2016). Volume 5, Issue 2: 115-122.

Johnston, M.A., Eckert, R.J., Sterne, T.K., Nuttall, M.F., Hu, X, Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.H., Schmahl, G.P. 2016. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2015 Annual Report. U.S. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-16-02. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 86 pp.

Johnston, M.A., Lemm, A., Hogan, D., Nuttall, M.F., Walker, R., Hickerson, E.H., Schmahl, G.P. 2016. The Effects of Lionfish at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico. 69th GCFI. Grand Cayman.

Leeworthy, V.R., Schwarzmann, D., and Hernandez, N. Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of Boundary Expansion in the FGBNMS. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, ONMS, Silver Spring, MD. 148 pp.

Maher, R.L., Correa, A.M.S., and Johnston, M.A. Assessment of a barnacle bioeroder and its impact on a dominant reef-building coral from a high coral cover reef. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Munoz, R., Clark, R., Hickerson, E.L. Fish community structure from shallow and upper mesophotic zones of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS), a remote US coral reef. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Nuttall, M.F., Opresko, D.M., Hickerson, E.L. Validation of Image-Based Species Identifications of Black Corals (Order Antipatharia) on Mesophotic Reefs. Gulf of Mexico Science, Volume 33(1):26-37. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.3301.03

Nuttall, M.F., Sterne, T.K., Eckert, R.J., Hu, X, Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.H., Johnston, M.A., Schmahl, G.P. 2016. Long-Term Monitoring at Stetson Bank, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2015 Annual Report. U.S. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 97 pp.

Nuttall, M.F., Sterne, T.S., Hickerson, E.L., and Schmahl, G.P. Establishment and initial analysis of a mesophotic monitoring at Stetson Bank, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Opresko, D.M., Nuttall, M.F., Hickerson, E.L. Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science, Volume 33(a):47-67. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.3301.05

Sammarco, P.W., Nuttall, M.F., Beltz, D., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. Patterns of mesophotic benthic community structure on banks off vs inside the continental shelf edge, Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science, Volume 33(1):77-92. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.3301.07

Sammarco, P.W., Horn, L., Taylor, G., Beltz, D., Nuttall, M.F., Hickerson, E.L., Schmahl, G.P. 2016. A statistical approach to assessing relief on mesophotic banks: Bank comparisons and geographic patterns. Environmental Geosciences, v. 23, No. 2 (June 2016), pp. 95-122. https://doi.org/10.1306/eg.01121615013

Schmahl, G.P., Benson, K., and Hickerson, E.L. The identification and use of marine protected areas for conservation, management and restoration of coral reefs and coral communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Stefanski, S.F and Shimshack, J.P. Valuing Marine Biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico: Evidence from the Proposed Boundary Expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Marine Resource Economics 31:2. January 2016. https://doi.org/10.1306/eg.01121615013

Voss, J.D., Studivan, M.S., Williams, M.A., Clark, R., Horn, L. Hickerson, E.L., Nuttall, M., Reed, J., and Schmahl, G.P. Exploration and characterization of mesophotic reef communities of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and neighboring banks in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI. June 2016.

Baba, K. and Wicksten, M. 2015. Uroptychus minutus Benedict, 1902 and a closely related new species (Crustacea: Anomura: chirostylidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 3957 (2):215-225. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.5

Johnston M.A., Gittings S.R., Morris J.A. Jr. 2015. NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Lionfish Response Plan (2015-2018): Responding, Controlling, and Adapting to an Active Marine Invasion. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-15-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 55 pp.

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Slowey, N.C., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2015. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2011-2012. Volume 1: Technical Report. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2015-027. 194 p.

Johnston, M.A., Nuttal, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Slowey, N.C., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2015. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2011-2012. Volume 2: Appendixes. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2015-028. 416 p.

Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J. and Embesi, J.A. 2015. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2014 Annual Report. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 63 pp.

Clark, R., Taylor, J.C., Bucket, C.A. and Kracker, L.M. (eds). 2014. Fish and Benthic Communities of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: Science to Support Sanctuary Management. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 179. Silver Spring, MD. 317 pp.

Davies, S.W., Meyer, E., Guermond, A., and Matz, M.V. A cross-ocean comparison of responses to settlement cues in reef-building corals. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.333

Eckert, R.J., Robertson, A., Loeffler, C., Hickerson, E.L., Johnston, M.A., Schmahl, G.P. Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico (2014). Poster. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Corpus Christi, TX. November 2013

Embesi, J.A., Eckert, R.J., Hickerson, E.L, Johnston, M.A., Nuttall, M.F., Schmahl, G.P. Benthic Community Composition Associated with Gas Platform, High Island, A389-A, Located within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (2014). Poster. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Corpus Christi, TX November 2013.

Green, E.A., Davies, S.W., Matz, M.V. and Medina, M. Quantifying cryptic Symbiodinium diversity within Orbicella faveolata and Orbicella franksi at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. PeerJ 2:e386. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.386

Jarosz, E., Wijesekera, H.W., Teague, W.J., Fribance, D.B. and Moline, M. Observations on stratified flow over a bank at low Froude numbers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC009934

Johnson, J.E., Johnston, M.A., and Hogan, J. D. Genetic composition of invasive lionfish at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Benthic Ecology Meeting. March 19-22, 2014. Jacksonville, FL.

Johnston, M. A., Nuttall, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A. Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2013 Annual Report. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 59pp.

Kuslich, J. Environmental Factors Influencing Benthic Macrofaunal Invertebrate Community Structure in the Flower Gardens East Bank. Undergraduate Research Scholars Thesis. Texas A&M University. Galveston, Texas. May 2014.

Nuttall, M.F., Johnston, M.A., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Hickerson, E.L., Schmahl, G.P. Lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758] and P. miles [Bennett, 1828]) Records Within Mesophotic Depth Ranges on Natural Banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. BioInvasions Records 3(2):111-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2014.3.2.09

Precht, W.F., Hickerson, E.L., Schmahl, G.P., and Aronson, R.B. The Invasive Coral Tubastraea coccinea (Lesson, 1829): Implications for Natural Habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys. Gulf of Mexico Science, 2014 (1-2), pp. 55-59. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.3201.05

Precht, W. F., K.J.P. Deslarzes, Hickerson, E.L., Schmahl, G.P., Nuttall, M.F. and Aronson, R.B. 2014. Back to the Future: The History of Acroporid Corals at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico, USA. Marine Geology 349 (2014), 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.012

Simmons, C.M., Collins, A.G., and Ruzicka, R. Distribution and diversity of coral habitat, fishes, and associated fisheries in U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ResearchGate.net/publication/271203414

Teague, W.J., Wijesekera, H.W., Jarosz, E., Lugo-Fernandez, A.L., Hallock, Z.R. Wavelet analysis of near-inertial currents at the East Flower Garden Bank. Continental Shelf Research 88 (2014), 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2014.06.013

Wicksten, M., Nuttall, M.F., Hickerson, E.L. Crustaceans from antipatharians on banks of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Zookeys. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.457.6280

Wijesekera, H.W., E.Jarosz, W.J. Teague, and D.W. Wang. (2014) Measurements of Form and Frictional Drags over a Rough Topographic Bank. Journal of Physical Oceanography. pp 2410-2432. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0230.1

Ahrens, J.B., Borda, E., Barroso, R., Paiva, P.C., Campbell, A.M., Wolf, A., Nugues, M.M., Rouse, G.W., and Schulze, A. 2013. The curious case of Hermodice carunculata (Annelida: Amphinomidae): evidence for genetic homogeneity throughout the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent basins. Molecular Ecology. 22, 2280-2291. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12263

Brugler, M.R., France, S.C., Opresko, D.M. 2013. The evolutionary history of the order Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) as inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA: implications for black coral taxonomy and systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 312-361. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12060

Davies, S.W., Matz, M.V., Vize, P.D. Ecological Complexity of Coral Recruitment Processes: Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores on Coral Recruitment and Growth Depends Upon Substratum Properties and Coral Species. PLoS ONE 8(9): e72830. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072830

Johnston, Michelle A., Nuttal, M.F., Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Slowey, N.C., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2013. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2009-2010, volume 1: technical report. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2013-214. 219pp.

Johnston, Michelle A., Nuttal, M.F.l, Eckert, R.J., Embesi, J.A., Slowey, N.C., Hickerson, E.L. and Schmahl, G.P. 2013. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2009-2010, volume 2: appendices. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2013-215. 362 pp.

Teague, W.J., Wijesekera, H.W., Jarosz, E., Fribance, D.B., Lugo-Fernandez, A., Hallock, Z.R. (2013) Current and hydrographic conditions at the East Flower Garden Bank in 2011. Continental Shelf Research 63 (2013), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.039

Tester, P.A., Vandersea, M.W., Buckel, C.A.; Kibler, S.R., Holland, W.C., Davenport, E.D., Clark, R.D., Edwards, K.F., Taylor, J.C., Vander Pluym, J.L., Hickerson, E.L., Litaker, R.W. Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) Species Diversity in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. Harmful Algae. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2013.07.001

Wijesekera, H.W., Wang, D.W., Teague, W.J., Jarosz, E. and Rogers, W.E. Surface Wave Effects on High-Frequency Currents over a Shelf Edge Bank. (2013). Jornal of Physical Oceanography. Vol 43. pp 1627-1647. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0197.1

Davies, S.W., M. Rahman, E. Meyer, E. A. Green, E. Buschiazzo, M. Medina, and M. V. Matz (2012). Novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for population genetics of the endangered Caribbean star coral, Montastraea faveolata. Marine Biodiversity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0133-4

Debose, J. L., M. F. Nuttall, E. L. Hickerson, and G.P. Schmahl (2012). A high-latitude coral community with an uncertain future: Stetson Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0971-3

Hickerson, E.L., G.P. Schmahl, M.A. Johnston, M.F. Nuttall, J.A. Embesi, and R.J. Eckert (2012) Flower Garden Banks–A Refuge in the Gulf of Mexico? Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012

Schmahl, G.P., E.L. Hickerson, and M. F. Nuttall (2012) Science-based design of coral protected areas in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012

Driggers, W.B., Hoffmayer, E.R., Hickerson, E.L., Martin, T.L., and Gledhill, C.T. Validating the occurrence of Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi (Poey), (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with a key for sharks of the family Carcharhinidae inhabiting the region. Zootaxa. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2933.1.6

Goodbody-Gringley, G., Woollacott, R.M. and Giribet, G. 2011. Population structure and connectivity in the Atlantic scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). Marine Ecology (2011), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00452.x

Haslun, J.A., Strychar, K.B., Buck, G. and Sammarco, P.W. Coral Bleaching Susceptibility Is Decreased following Short-Term (1-3 Year) Prior Temperature Exposure and Evolutionary History. Journal of Marine Biology. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/406812

Levesque, J.C. Commercial fisheries in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: possible implications for conservation management at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. ICES Journal of Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr155

Levesque, J.C. and Richardson, A. Characterization of the Recreational Fisheries Associated with the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (USA). Wildlife Biology in Practice, 2011 June 7(1):90-115 https://doi.org/10.2461/wbp.2011.7.8

Parsons-Hubbard, K. M., Brett, C. E., & Walker, S. E. (2011). Taphonomic field experiments and the role of the Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 312(3-4), 195-208.

Powell, E. N., Staff, G. M., Callender, W. R., Ashton-Alcox, K. A., Brett, C. E., Parsons-Hubbard, K. M., ... & Raymond, A. (2011). Taphonomic degradation of molluscan remains during thirteen years on the continental shelf and slope of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 312(3-4), 209-232.

Zimmer, B., Duncan, L., Aronson, R.B., Deslarzes, K.J.P., Deis, D., Robbart, M.L., Precht, W.F., Kaufman, L., Shank, B., Weil, E., Field, J., Evans, D.J. and Whaylen, L. 2010. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2004-2008. Volume I: Technical report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-052. 310 pp.

Eakin, C.M, J. Morgan, S. Heron, T. Smith, G. Liu et al. Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005. PLoS ONE 5(11): e13969. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013969

Lugo-Fernandez, A., J. Gravois. Understanding impacts of tropical storms and hurricanes on submerged banks and reefs and coral communities in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research 30 (2010), 1226-1240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.014

Rooker, J. Recruitment and Habitat Use of Reef Fishes on Low and High Diversity Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Final Report.

Brady, A.K., Hilton, J.D., Vize, P.D. Coral spawn timing is a direct response to solar light cycles and is not an entrained circadian response. Coral Reefs (2009), 28:677-680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-009-0498-4

Caldow, C., Clark, R., Edwards, K., Hile, S.D., Menza, C., Hickerson, E. and Schmahl, G.P. 2009. Biogeographic characterization of fish communities and associated benthic habitats within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 81. Silver Spring, MD. 134 pp.

Deis, D.R. Post-Hurricane Assessment of Sensitive Habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity. 2009 MMS-ITM, New Orleans, LA.

Deslarzes, K., Arsonson, R., Precht, W., Robbart, M., Zimmer, B., Duncan, L., Kaufman, L., Schmahl, G.P., Hickerson, E.L. and Sinclair, J. Long-Term Monitoring at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2004-2008. 2009 MMS-ITM, New Orleans, LA.

Etnoyer, P.J. and Hickerson, E. Mesophotic Alcyonacea of Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Hunt, J.H., Sharp, W., Tringali, M.D., Bertelsen, R.D., and Schmitt, S. 2009. Using microsatellite DNA analysis to identify sources of recruitment for Florida’s spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) stock. FWC/FWRI File Code: F2539-05-08-F

Lewis, S.A. 2009. The use of histology, molecular techniques, and ex situ feeding experiments to investigate the feeding behavior of the coral reef predator Hermodice carunculata, the bearded fireworm. Masters of Science thesis. George Mason University.

Precht, W., K. Deslarzes, E. Hickerson, G.P. Schmahl, J. Sinclair, and R. Aronson. Climate Change and the History of Acropora spp. at the Flower Garden Banks. 2009 MMS-ITM, New Orleans, LA.

Robbart, M.L., Aronson, R.B., Deslarzes, K.J.P., Precht, W.F., Duncan, L., Zimmer, B. and DeMunda, T. 2009. Post-hurricane assessment of sensitive habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study MMS 2009-032

Sammarco, P. Corals on Platforms Past I, II, and III. 2009 MMS-ITM, New Orleans, LA.

Wagner, A.J. Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes and Coral Growth in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea as Environmental and Climate Indicators. 2009. PhD Dissertation. Texas A&M University.

Davies, S. and P. Vize. Herbivore effects on coral and algal population dynamics. Abstracts 11^th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

DeBose, J.L., G.P. Schmahl, M.F. Nuttall and E. Hickerson Coral Bleaching Mortality and Resilience at Stetson Bank, a High Latitude Coral Community in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the 11^th International Coral Reef Symposium. Florida, July 7-11, 2008.

Etnoyer, P. and E. Hickerson. Deep-water Alcyonacea of Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Abstract. International Deepsea Coral Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Graham, R., E. Hickerson, D. Castellanos, and M. Nuttall. 2008. Site Fidelity and Movements of Juvenile Manta Rays in the Gulf of Mexico. 2008 AES Annual Meeting Abstracts. http://elasmo.org/2008-aes-abstracts

Hickerson, E.L, G.P. Schmahl, M. Robbart, W.F. Precht, and C. Caldow, 2008. State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Flower Garden Banks, Stetson Bank, and Other Banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008. Waddell, J.E. and A.M. Clarke (eds.), 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessments Biogeography Team. Silver Spring, Maryland. 569 p.

Hickerson E.L. and G.P. Schmahl 2008. Gulf of Mexico Initiative, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Ritchie, K.B. and B.D. Keller, eds. 2008. A Scientific Forum on the Gulf of Mexico: The Islands in the Stream Concept. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-08-04. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Silver Spring, MD. 105 pp.

Hickerson, E.L. and G.P. Schmahl. Species catalogs for deepwater coral communities of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Abstracts 11^th International Coral Reef Symposium Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Jolliff, J. K., Gould, R.W., deRada, S. 2008. High-Resolution Subsurface Physical and Optical Property Fields in the Gulf of Mexico: Establishing Baselines and Assessment Tools for Resources Managers. NASA ROSES 2008 A.28. NASA Contract Number: NNX09AR68G

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. 2008. Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report 2008. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 29 pp.

Parsons-Hubbard, Karla M. et al. 2008. The taphonomic signature of a brine seep and the potential for Burgess Shale style preservation. Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, 227-239, 2008. https://doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[227:TTSOAB]2.0.CO;2

Precht, W.F., R.B. Aronson, K.J.P. Deslarzes, L.S. Kaufman, M.L. Robbart, E.L. Hickerson, G.P. Schmahl and J. Sinclair. Long-Term Reef Monitoring at the Flower Garden Banks: Status, Stasis and Change. In, Ritchie, K.B. and Brian D. Keller, eds. 2008. A Scientific Forum on the Gulf of Mexico: The Islands in the Stream Concept. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-08-04. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Silver Spring, MD. 105 pp.

Precht, W.F., Deslarzes, K.J.P., Hickerson, E., Schmahl, G.P., Sinclair, J., and Aronson, R.B. Holocene reef development at the Flower Garden Banks: recent surprises. Abstracts 11th International Coral Reef Symposium Ft. Lauderdale, FL, p.5

Precht, W.G., R.B. Aronson, K.J.P. Deslarzes, M.L. Robbart, B. Zimmer, and L. Duncan. 2008. Post-hurricane assessment at the East Flower Garden Bank long-term monitoring site: November 2005. U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study MMS 2008-019. 39 pp. + appendices.

Precht, W.G., R.B. Aronson, K.J.P. Deslarzes, M.L. Robbart, D.J. Evans, B. Zimmer, and L. Duncan. 2008. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2004-2005 – Interim report. Volume I: Technical report. U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study MMS 2008-027. 123 pp.

Robbart, M., Aronson, R., Precht, W. and Deslarzes, K. Impact of Hurricane Rita on four shallow banks in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Abstracts 11th International Coral Reef Symposium Ft. Lauderdale, FL. p.417

Ritchie, K.B. and Keller, B.D., eds. 2008. A Scientific Forum on the Gulf of Mexico: The Islands in the Stream Concept. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-08-04. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, NMSP, Silver Spring, MD. 105 pp.

Robbart, M.L., R.B. Aronson, L. Duncan, and B. Zimmer. Post-hurricane assessment of sensitive habitats of the Flower Garden Banks Vicinity. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study MMS.

Schmahl, G.P., Hickerson, E.L. and Precht, W.F. 2008. Biology and Ecology of Coral Reefs and Coral Communities in the Flower Garden Banks Region, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In, B.M. Riegl and R.E. Dodge, Coral Reefs of the USA, Springer Science, 2008.

Shinn, E.A. Corals as Bioindicators of Climate Change. Environmental Bioindicators, 3:3, 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8_6

Slowey, N.C., T. Holcombe, M.P. Betts, and W.R. Bryant. Habitat Islands along the Shelf Edge of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In, Ritchie, K.B. and Brian D. Keller, eds. 2008. A Scientific Forum on the Gulf of Mexico: The Islands in the Stream Concept. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series NMSP-08-04. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Silver Spring, MD. 105 pp.

Brooke, S. and Schroeder, W.W. 2007. State of Deep Coral Ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico Region: Texas to the Florida Straits. pp 271-306. In, SE Lumsden, Hourigan TF, Bruckner AW and Dorr G (eds.) The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP-3. Silver Spring MD 365 pp.

DeBose, J.L. and G.A. Nevitt. 2007. Investigating the association between pelagic fish and dimethylsulfoniopropionate in a natural coral reef system. Marine and Freshwater Research, 200, 58, 720-724. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF06195

Deslarzes, K.J.P. and A. Lugo-Fernández. 2007. Influence of terrigenous runoff on offshore coral reefs: An example from the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Pages 126-160 in Aronson, R.B., ed. Geological approaches to coral reef ecology. New York, New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33537-7_5

Foley, Kim A., C. Caldow, and E. Hickerson. 2007.  First Confirmed Record of Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus (Pisces: Serranidae) in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science, 2007 (32), pp. 162-165. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2502.07

Gentry, D.K., Sosdian, S., Grossman, E.L., Rosenthal, Y., Hicks, D.W., Lear, C., 2007. Seasonal isotope and trace-metal profiles of serially-sampled Conus gastropods: Proxies for paleoenvironmental change. Palaios.

Precht, W.F., Aronson, R.B., Deslarzes, K.J.P., Robbart, M.L., Murdoch, T.J.T., Gelber, A., Evans, D., Gearhart, B., Zimmer, B. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2004-2005; Final report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study MMS

Villareal, T.A., S. Hanson, S. Qualia, E.L.E. Jester, H.R. Granade, R.W. Dickey. 2007. Petroleum Production Platforms as sites for the expansion of ciguatera in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Harmful Algae 6 (2007) 253-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2006.08.008

Weaver, D.C. and L.A. Rocha. 2007. A new species of Halichoeres (Teleostei: Labridae) from the western Gulf of Mexico. Copeia, 2007 (4), pp. 798-807. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[798:ANSOHT]2.0.CO;2

Lugo-Fernandez, A. Travel Times of Passive Drifters from the Western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida-Bahamas. Gulf of Mexico Science, 2006(1/2), pp. 61-67. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2401.08

Precht, W.F., Aronson, R.B., Deslarzes, K.J.P., Robbart, M.L., Murdoch, T.J.T., Gelber, A., Evans, D., Gearheart, B., Zimmer, B. (2006) Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2002-2003; Final report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study MMS

Schmahl, G.P. and E.L. Hickerson. 2006. Ecosystem Approaches to the Identification and Characterization of a Network of Reefs and Banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sciences Meeting Suppl., Abstract OS26J

Schmahl, G.P. and E.L. Hickerson. 2006. McGrail Bank, a deep tropical coral reef community in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1124-1130. Japanese Coral Reef Society, Tokyo, Japan.

Shearer, T.L. and M.A. Coffroth. Genetic identification of Caribbean scleractinian coral recruits at the Flower Garden Banks and Florida Keys. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vo. 306: 133-142. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps306133

Sosdian, S., Gentry*, D.K., Lear, C., Grossman, E.L., Hicks, D., Rosenthal, Y. 2006. Strontium to calcium ratios in the marine gastropod Conus ermineus: Growth rate effects and temperature calibration, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) v. 7, Q11023. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GC001233

Vize, P.E. Deepwater broadcast spawning by Montastraea cavernosa, Montastraea franksi, and Diploria strigosa at the Flower Garden Banks. Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs (2006) 25: 169-171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-005-0082-5

Weaver, D.C., E. Hickerson, and G.P. Schmahl. 2006 . Deep reef fish surveys by submersible on Alderdice, McGrail, and Sonnier Banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In Taylor, J.C. 2006. Emerging technologies for reef fisheries research and management. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 5, 69-83.

Zimmer, B., W. Precht, E. Hickerson, and J. Sinclair. 2006. Discovery of Acropora palmata at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-005-0054-9

Aronson, R.B., W.F. Precht, T.J.T. Murdoch, and M.L. Robbart. 2005. Long-Term Persistence of Coral Assemblages on the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Science and Management. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):84-94. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.06

Boland, G.S., and P.W. Sammarco. 2005. Observations of the Antipatharian “Black Coral” Plumapathes pennacea (Pallas, 1766) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):127-132. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.11

Borneman, E.H., G.M. Wellington. 2005. Pathologies affecting reef corals at the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):95-106. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.07

DeBose, J. L., and M. Vecchione. 2005. First documentation of the roper inshore squid, Loligo roperi (Cohen 1976), in the Gulf of Mexico. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):132-135. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.12

Francis, S. Flow-topography interactions, particle transport and plankton dynamics at the Flower Garden Banks: a modeling study. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. December 2005.

Gardner, J.V., and J. Beaudoin. High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of Selected Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf Banks. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science, 21 (1): 5-29. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.03

Gavio, B., and S. Fredericq. 2005. New species and new records of offshore members of the Rhodmeniales (Rhodophyta) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 23(1):58-83

Gavio, B., E.L. Hickerson, and S. Fredericq. 2005. Platoma chrysymenioides sp. nov. (Schizymeniaceae), and Sebdenia integra sp. nov. (Sebdeniaceae), Two New Red Algal Species from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, with a Phylogenetic Assessment of the Cryptonemiales-complex (Rhodophyta). Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):38-57. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.05

Hickerson, E.L. and G.P. Schmahl. 2005. Status of the Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Flower Garden Banks, Stetson Bank, and Other Banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States. NOAA/NCCOS.

Hickerson, E., and G.P. Schmahl. 2005. Introduction: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25 (1):2-4. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.02

Precht, W.F., M.L. Robbart, G.S. Boland, and G.P. Schmahl. 2005. Establishment and initial analysis of deep reef stations (32-40m) at the East Flower Garden Bank. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):124-127. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.10

Salazar, M.H., et al. 2005. Rediscriptions and taxonomic notes on species of the Synalpheus townsendi Coutiere, 1909 complex (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Zootaxa 1027:1-26. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1027.1.1

Scanlon, K.M., S.D. Ackerman, and J.E. Rozycki. 2005. Sedimentary Environments of East and West Flower Garden Banks Area. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):115-123. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.09

Tunnel, J.W., S.A. Earle, and R.R. Fergason. 2005. Foreword: Dedicated Issue - Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25 (1):1. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.01

Vize, P.D., J.A. Embesi, M. Nickell, D.P. Brown, and D.K. Hagman. 2005. Tight temporal consistency of coral mass spawning at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico, from 1997-2003. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25(1):107-114. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.08

Wicksten, M.K. 2005. Decapod crustaceans of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. 2005. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico Science. 25 (1):30-37. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.2301.04

Fenner, D. and K. Banks. 2004. Orange Cup Coral Tubastraea coccinea invades Florida and the Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs, 23:505-507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0422-x

Kobashi, T., Grossman, E.L., Dockery, D.T. III, and Ivany, L.C., 2004. Water mass stability reconstructions from greenhouse (Eocene) to Ice house (Oligocene) for the northern Gulf Coast Continental Shelf (USA). Paleoceanography 19, PA1022. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000934

Sammarco, P.W., Atchison, A.D. and Boland, G.S. (2004) Expansion of coral communities within the Northern Gulf of Mexico via offshore oil and gas platforms, Marine Ecology Progress Series 280 129-143. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps280129

Schmahl, G.P. and E. Hickerson. 2004. Contributors: Status of Coral Reefs in the U.S. Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Flower Garden Banks, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Navassa. In, Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004. Ed. Clive Wilkinson. 431-448.

Caldow, C., and G.M. Wellington. Patterns of annual increment formation in otoliths of pomacentrids in the tropical western Atlantic: implications for population age-structure examination. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 265:185-195. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps265185

Ditton, R.B., and Thailing, C.E. The Economic Impacts of Sport Divers Using the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. GCFI:54 2003 Proceedings

Dokken, Q.R., I.R. MacDonald, J.W. Tunnell, Jr., T. Wade, K. Withers, S.J. Dilworth, T.W. Bates, C.R. Beaver, and C.M. Rigaud. 2003. Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2000-2001: Final Report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. OCS Study BOEM 2003-031. 90pp.

Gardner, J. Multibeam Mapping in the Outer Continental Shelf Region of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings: 22nd annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 2003. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

Hagman, D.K. and P. Vize. Mass spawning by two brittle star species, Ophioderma rubicundum and O. squamosissimum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 72(3): 871-876.

Kobashi, T., and Grossman, E.L., 2003. The oxygen isotopic record of seasonality in Conus shells and its application to understanding Late Middle Eocene (38 Ma) climate. Paleontological Research, v. 7, no. 4, p. 343-355. https://doi.org/10.2517/prpsj.7.343

Pattengill-Semmens, C.V., and S.R. Gittings. 2003. A Rapid Assessment of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Stony Corals, Algae and Fishes). In, Status of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic: Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. E. Judith C. Lang. 500-511.

Reichman, J.R. Wilcox, T.P., and P. Vize. PCP Gene Family in Symbiodinium from Hippopus hippopus: Low levels of concerted evolution, isoform diversity, and spectral tuning of chromophores. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20(12):2143-2154. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msg233

Scanlon, K.M., S.D. Ackerman, and J.E. Rozycki. 2003. Texture, Carbonate Content, and Preliminary Maps of Surficial Sediments of the Flower Garden Banks Area, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Outer Shelf. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-02, CD-ROM. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr032

Schmahl, G.P., E. Hickerson, D. Weaver. Biodiversity Associated with Topographic Features in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings: 22^nd annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 2003. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, La. OCS Study MMS2003-Eds.

Wicksten, M.K, and M. McClure. 2003. A new species of Alpheus (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Crustacean Research, 32: 26-31. https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.32.0_26

Beaver, C.R. Fishery Productivity and Trophodynamics of Platform Artificial Reefs in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas. May 2002.

Clark, Timothy. Population Structure of the Manta Ray, Manta birostris. M.S. Thesis. Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas. August 2002.

Fama, P., Wysor B., Kooistra W.H.C.F., Zuccarello, G. Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) inferred from Chloroplast tufA Gene. Journal of Phycology 2002. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.t01-1-01237.x

Fujii M., S. Guimaraes and S. Fredericq. Characterization and phylogenetic affinities of the red alga Chondrophycus flagellifera (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) from Brazil based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phycologia. https://doi.org/10.2216/04-33.1

Powell, E. N., Parsons-Hubbard, K. M., Callender, W. R., Staff, G. M., Rowe, G. T., Brett, C. E., ... & Heise, E. A. (2002). Taphonomy on the continental shelf and slope: two-year trends–Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 184(1-2), 1-35.

Schmahl, G.P. Status of the Flower Garden Banks of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2002. Turgeon et al. NOAA/NCCOS. 143-150.

Barrera, N.C. Micromolluscan assemblages on the Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Texas. April 2001.

Childs, J.N. The Occurrence, Habitat Use and Behavior of Sharks and Rays Associating with Topographic Highs in the Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis. Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas. May 2001.

Fenner, D. 2001. Biogeography of three Caribbean corals (Scleractinia) and the invasion of Tubastraea coccinea into the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 69 (3): 1175-1189.

Hagman, D.K. Reproductive dynamics of coral reef biota at the Flower Gardens. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Texas at Austin. Texas. May 2001.

Hueter, R. and J. Childs. 2001. Sharks and rays attracted to offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (oral paper) http://elasmo.org/abstracts/abst2001

Hickerson, E.L. 2001. Surveys and Satellite Tracking Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in and around the Flower Garden Banks, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings: Twentieth annual Gulf of Mexico information transfer meeting, December 2000. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, La. OCS Study MMS 2001-082. Eds. McKay, J., J. Nides, and D. Vigil.

Kobashi, T., Grossman, E.L., Yancey, T.E., and Dockery, D.T. III, 2001. Reevaluation of conflicting Eocene tropical temperature estimates: Molluskan oxygen-isotope evidence for warm low-latitudes. Geology, v. 29. p. 983-986. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029%3C0983:ROCETT%3E2.0.CO;2

Lang, J.C., Deslarzes, K.J.P., Schmahl, G.P. The Flower Garden Banks: remarkable reefs in the NW Gulf of Mexico. Coral Reefs (2001) 20:126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003380000111

Lugo-Fernandez, A., K.J.P. Deslarzes, J.M. Price, G.S. Boland, M.V. Morin, 2001. Inferring probable dispersal of Flower Garden Banks Coral Larvae (Gulf of Mexico) using observed and simulated drifter trajectories. Continental Shelf Research. 21. 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00072-8

Scanlin, M.E. and Dunton, K.H. Del 15N and del 13C measurements of trophic structure on coral reef systems within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Thesis. University of Texas Marine Science Institute-Port Aransas, Texas. December 2001.

Bernhardt, S.P. Photographic Monitoring of Benthic Biota at Stetson Bank. Thesis. Texas A&M University-College Station, Texas. December 2000.

Childs, J. 2000. Sharks and rays of Stetson and the Flower Garden Banks. pp. 183-193. In: McKay, M. & J. Nides. 2000. Proceedings: eighteenth annual Gulf of Mexico information transfer meeting, December 1998. U. S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study MMS 2000-030.

Childs, J. 2000. The social organization of elasmobranchs and their habitat use of topographic highs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. (poster) http://elasmo.org/abstracts/abst2000

Childs, J., C. M. Burks, K.D. Mullin, and J. Hewitt III. 2000. The occurrence and distribution of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. (oral paper) http://elasmo.org/abstracts/abst2000

Fredericq S., N. Phillips and B. Gavio. 2000. Observations on the macroalgae inhabiting deepwater hard bank communities in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science. XVIII(2). December. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.1802.02

Hickerson, E.L. Assessing and tracking resident, immature loggerheads (Caretta caretta) in and around the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. December 2000.

Hickerson, E. and M. Peccini. 2000. Using GIS to study habitat use by subadult loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-443. 179-181.

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Phillips, N. and S. Fredericq. 2000. Biogeographic and phylogenetic analysis of the Pan-tropical genus Sargassum with respect to the Gulf of Mexico species. Gulf of Mexico Science, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, December. https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.1802.01

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Pattengill-Semmens, C.V. 1999. Occurrence of a unique color morph in the smooth trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter L.) at the Flower Garden Banks and Stetson Bank, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 65(2):587-591.

Amos, A.M. 1998. Marine Protected Areas and Reserves are Vital Conservation Tools. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:233.

Boland, G.S. 1998. Spawning Observations of the Scleractinian Coral Colpophylia natans in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2226

Childs, J. 1998. Avian Diversity and Habitat Use within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:208

Childs, Jeff. 1998. Nocturnal Mooring and Parking Behavior of Three Monacanthids (Filefishes) at an Offshore Production Platform in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:228.

Childs, J.N. 1998. Seasonal Habitat Use of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary by Pelagic Elasmobranchs (oral paper) http://elasmo.org/abstracts/abst1998

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Earle, S.A. 1998. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Foreword. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:127

Gardner, J.V., L.A. Mayer, J.E. Hughes Clarke, and A. Kleiner. 1998. High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry of East and West Flower Gardens and Stetson Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:128

Gittings, S.R., E.L. Hickerson. 1998. Dedicated Issue, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Introduction. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:128.

Gittings, S.R. 1998. Reef Community Stability on the Flower Garden Banks, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:161.

Gittings, S.R. 1998. Monitoring at the Flower Gardens: history and status. Proc. 17th Information Transfer Meeting, December 1997. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA.

Hagman, D.K., S.R. Gittings, and K.J.P. Deslarzes. 1998. Timing, Species Participation, and Environmental Factors influencing Annual Mass Spawning at the Flower Garden Banks (Northwest Gulf of Mexico). Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:70.

Hagman, D.K., S.R. Gittings, and P.D. Vize.. 1998. Fertilization in Broadcast Spawning Corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:180

Lugo-Fernandez, A. 1998. Ecological Implications of Hydrography and Circulation to the Flower Garden Banks, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:144

Moran, R. 1998. Balancing Resource Utilization with Resource Protection: The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary - A Success Story. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:234.

Pattengill, C.V. 1998. The Structure and Persistence of Reef Fish Assemblages of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas A&M University. 164 pp.

Pattengiill-Semmens, C.V., B.X. Semmens. 1998. An Analysis of Fish Survey Data Generated by nonexpert Volunteers in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:196

Snell, T.L., D.W. Foltz and P.W. Sammarco. 1998. Variation in Morphology vs Conservation of a Mitochondrial Gene in Montastraea cavernosa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Gulf of Mexico Science XVI No. 2:188

Bassim, K.M. 1997. Effects of temperature and ammonium on the early developmental stages of a scleractinian coral: Implications for global warming and nutrient enrichment. Dept. Biology, Univ. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette. 51 pp.

Bassim, K.M. 1997. Techniques for the Transport and Maintenance of Scleractinian Coral. Technical Report, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Chauvin, LA. 10 pp.

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Childs, J.N. 1997. Range extension of Mobula tarapacana in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science. 15(1):39-40.

Gittings, S.R. 1997. Monitoring at the Flower Gardens: History and Status. Proc. Ann. ITM, MMS.

Gittings, S.R., C.L. Ostrom, and K.J.P. Deslarzes. 1997. Regulation by reason: Science and management in the Flower Gardens Sanctuary, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium. 2:1967-1972.

Pattengill, C.V., B.X. Semmens, and S.R. Gittings. 1997. Reef fish trophic structure of the Flower Gardens and Stetson Bank, NW Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium 1:1023-1028.

Rooker, J.R., G.J. Holt, C.V. Pattengill and Q. Dokken. 1997. Fish assemblages on artificial and natural reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, U.S.A. Coral Reefs 16(2): 83-92.

Adams, C.L. 1996. Species composition, abundance, and depth zonation of sponges (Phylum Porifera) on an outer continental shelf gas production platform, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M Corpus Christi. TAMU-CC-9601-CCS. 130 pp.

Childs, J.N. 1996. Activity patterns of mobulid rays at topographic highs in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. American Elasmobranch Society-American Society of Ichtyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA.

Childs, J.N., E.L. Hickerson, and K.J.P. Deslarzes. 1996. Spatial and temporal resource use of the Flower Garden Banks by charismatic megafauna. Proc. 15th Information Transfer Meeting, December 1995. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA.. OCS Study 96-0056. pp 74-79.

Hagman, D.K. 1996. Mass spawning, in vitro fertilization, and culturing of corals at the Flower Garden Banks. Proc. 15th Information Transfer Meeting, December 1995. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study 96-0056. pp 62-67.

Hagman, D.K., G.S. Boland, Gittings, S.R., and K.J.P. Deslarzes. 1996. Mass spawning in the Caribbean: an unfolding puzzle of variation by species, climate and geographic location. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium. Abstract.

Lugo-Fernández, A. 1996. The Minerals Management Service Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary oil spill risk assessment: An example of partnership. Proc. 15th Information Transfer Meeting, December 1995. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study 96-0056. pp 79-80.

Ostrom, C.L. and S.R. Gittings. 1996. Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: platform, partnerships, and resource protection. MTS Journal 30(2):3-7.

Pattengill, C.V., B.X. Semmens, and C.L. Ostrom. 1996. Reef fish monitoring at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and Stetson Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 15th Information Transfer Meeting, December 1995. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study 96-0056. pp 67-74.

U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service. 1996. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks. Prepared by Continental Shelf Assoc., Inc. OCS Study MMS 96-0046. USDOI, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. 77pp.

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Deslarzes, K.J.P., P.N. Boothe, B.J. Presley, and G.L. Steinmetz. 1995. Historical incorporation of barium in the reef building coral Montastrea annularis at the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Poll. Bull. 30(11): 718-722.

Gittings, S.R. 1995. Conserving marine biodiversity: the potential and limitations of protected areas. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 13(2):22-25.

Gittings, S.R. 1995. Down under...out yonder: Texas A&M scientists immersed in history, protection, and research at the Flower Gardens. Quarterdeck (Texas A&M Dept. of Oceanography) 3(3):8-11.

Kennicutt, M.C., J.M. Brooks, S. Carr, R. Darnell, R.E. Fay, R.H. Green, D. Harper, J. McEachran, P. Montagna, B.J. Presley, R. Rezak, S. Safe, J.W. Fournie, S.J. McDonald, D.A.. Wiesenburg, F.J. Kelly, T. Wade, and G.A. Wolff. 1995. Gulf of Mexico Offshore Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX) Phase I: Sublethal Response ot Contaminant Exposure. Final Report. Technical Summary: MMS Publication 95-0045.

Slowey, N.C. and T.J. Crowley. 1995. Coral cores from the Flower Gardens: a new tool for studying climate. Quarterdeck (Texas A&M Dept. of Oceanography) 3(3):4-7.

Slowey, N.C. and T.J. Crowley, 1995. Interdecadal variability of Northern Hemisphere circulation recorded by Gulf of Mexico corals. Geophysical Research Letters 22(17): 2345-2348.

Gittings, S.R., G.S. Boland, C.R.B. Merritt, J.J. Kendall, K.J.P. Deslarzes, and J. Hart. 1994. Mass Spawning by reef corals in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. A Report on Project Reef Spawn '94. Flower Gardens Fund Technical Series Report Number 94-03. 24 pp.

Gittings, S.R. and D.K. Hagman. 1994. Reef Research Rendezvous. A Report on Science in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Flower Gardens Fund Technical Series Report Number 94-02.

Gittings, S.R. and C.L Ostrom. 1994. Handshakes curb heartaches: cooperation the key to conservation at the Flower Gardens. Proc. 14th Information Transfer Meeting, 1993. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA.. OCS Study MMS 96-0024. pp. 49-54.

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Gittings, S.R., T.J. Bright, and D.K. Hagman. 1993. Protection and monitoring of reefs on the Flower Garden Banks, 1972-1992. In: Ginsburg, R.N. (Compiler) Proc. Coll. on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs: Healths, Hazards and History. Miami, FL. pp. 181-187.

Aharon, P., Roberts, H. H., & Snelling, R. (1992). Submarine venting of brines in the deep Gulf of Mexico: Observations and geochemistry. Geology, 20(6), 483-486.

Bright, T.J., S.R. Gittings, G.S. Boland, K.J.P. Deslarzes, C.L. Combs and B.S. Holland. 1992. Mass spawning of reef corals at the Flower Garden Banks, NW Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1:500 (abstract)

Deslarzes, K.J.P. 1992. Long-term monitoring of reef corals at the Flower Garden Banks (northwest Gulf of Mexico): reef coral population changes and historical incorporation of barium in Montastrea annularis. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 170pp.

Deslarzes, K.J.P., P.N Boothe, and S.R. Gittings. 1992. Incorporation of trace elements in the coral Montastraea annularis at the West Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. 12th Ann. Information Transfer Meeting, November 1991. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. MMS Contract 14-35-0001-30499. OCS Study MMS 92-0027. 560pp.

Gittings, S.R. 1992. Historic data on Gulf of Mexico reef shows compatibility with drilling, production. Offshore. (May 1992). pp. 33-36.

Gittings, S.R., G.S. Boland, K.J.P. Deslarzes, C.L. Combs, B.S. Holland, and T.J. Bright. 1992. Mass spawning and reproductive viability of reef corals at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bull. Mar. Sci. 51(3): 420-428.

Gittings, S.R., G.S. Boland, K.J.P. Deslarzes, D.K. Hagman, and B.S. Holland. 1992. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks. Final Rept. OCS Study MMS 92-006. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, New Orleans, LA. 206pp.

Gittings, S.R., T.J. Bright, W.W. Schroeder, W.W. Sager, J.S. Laswell, and R. Rezak. 1992. Invertebrate assemblages and ecological controls on topographic features in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 50(3):435-455.

Gittings, S.R., K.J.P. Deslarzes, and D.K. Hagman. 1992. Long-term monitoring on the Flower Garden Banks: preliminary results. Proc. 12th Ann. Information Transfer Meeting, November 1991. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. MMS Contract 14-35-0001-30499. OCS Study MMS 92-0027. 560pp.

Gittings, S.R., K.J.P. Deslarzes, D.K. Hagman, and G.S. Boland. 1992. Reef coral populations and growth on the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1:90-96.

Hagman, D.K. 1992. Random transect photography: use in long-term monitoring of coral populations at the Flower Garden Banks. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 105pp.

Hagman, D.K. and S.R. Gittings. 1992. Coral bleaching on high latitude reefs at the Flower Garden Banks, NW Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 7th Intn'l Coral Reef Symp. 1:38-43.

Holland, B.S., S.R. Gittings, S.K. Davis, and T.J. Bright. 1992. Application of mitochondrial DNA sequencing to studies of scleractinian larval dispersal and gene flow. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 2:657 (abstract).

Macdonald, I. R. (1992). Sea-floor brine pools affect behavior, mortality, and preservation of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico: Lagerstätten in the making?. Palaios, 383-387.

Bright, T.J. 1991. First direct sighting of star coral spawning. Texas Shores (Texas A&M University Sea Grant Program) 24(1):2.

Bright, T.J., S.R. Gittings, and R. Zingula. 1991. Occurrence of Atlantic reef corals on offshore platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. NE Gulf Sci. 12(1):55-60.

Deslarzes, Kenneth J.P., P.N. Boothe, and S.R. Gittings. 1991. Incorporation of trace elements in the coral Montastrea annularis at the West Flower Garden Bank, NW Gulf of Mexico. Proc. MMS ITM 1991.

Gittings, S.R. and G.S. Boland. 1991. Long-term monitoring on the Flower Garden Banks: study design and field methods. pp. 24-28 In: Proc.: Eleventh Ann. Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. Contract No. 14-35-0001-30499. OCS Study MMS-91-0040. 524pp.

Gittings, S.R., Kenneth J.P. Deslarzes, and D.K. Hagman. 1991. Long-term Monitoring on the Flower Garden Banks: Preliminary Results. MMS ITM Summary.

Holland, B.S. 1991. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation of the 16s rRNA gene from five Western Atlantic populations of the coral Montastrea annularis. M.S. Thesis, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 56pp.

Kendrick, A.W. 1991. Designating marine protected areas in the United States and Ecuador: understanding the decision-making process. M.S. Thesis, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 88pp.

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1991. Final Environmental Impact Statement and Management Plan for the Proposed Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 1825 Connecticut Ave., Suite 714, Washington, D.C. 20235. 145pp.

Brooks, J. M., et al. 1990. Salt, Seeps and Symbiosis in the Gulf of Mexico. A preliminary report of Deepwater Discoveries using DSV Alvin. Eos, vol.71, no.45, pp. 1772-1773.

Continental Shelf Associates, Inc. 1990. Environmental monitoring program for Exploratory Well #1, lease OCS-G-6264, High Island Area, South Extension, East Addition, Block A-401, near the West Flower Garden Bank. Report to Union Oil Company of California, Houston, TX. 35 pp. + appendices.

Gittings, S.R., G.S. Boland, B.S. Holland, and K.J.P. Deslarzes. 1990. Ecological monitoring program at the Flower Garden Banks. pp. 203-206 In: Minerals Management Service. Proc.: Tenth Annual Information Transfer Meeting. U.S. Dept. of Interior. Minerals Management Service. New Orleans, LA. MMS Contract No. 14-35-0001-30499. OCS Study/MMS 90-0027. 441pp.

Gittings, S.R., T.J. Bright, K.J.P. Deslarzes, B.S. Holland and G.S. Boland. 1990. Ecological monitoring on the Flower Garden Banks: study design and field methods. Proc.: American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 10th Annual Symposium. pp. 107-118.

MacDonald, IR. 1990. Spatial ecology of hydrocarbon seeps in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Dissertation. Texas A&M University.

Minnery, G.A. 1990. Crustose coralline algae from the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico: controls on distribution and growth morphology. J. Sed. Pet. 60:992-1007.

Rezak, R., S.R. Gittings, and T.J. Bright. 1990. Biotic assemblages and ecological controls on reefs and banks of the northwest Gulf of Mexico. Am. Zool. 30:23-35.

Gittings, S.R., K.J. Deslarzes, G.S. Boland, and T.J. Bright. 1989. Ecological monitoring at the Texas Flower Garden Banks. Oceans '89, Proceedings 1:59-62. IEEE Publ. No. 89CH2780-5.

Kendall, J.J. and T.J. Bright. 1989. An analysis of biotic interactions on the East Flower Garden Bank (Gulf of Mexico) using short-term time-lapse photography. Proc.: American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 9th Annual Symposium. pp. 175-190.

Archer, J.H. 1988. The proposed Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary: protecting marine resources under international law. Oceanus 31(1):54-58.

Dennis, G.D. and T.J. Bright. 1988. New Records of Fishes in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on some rare species. Northeast Gulf Science. Vol. 10, no.1:1-18.

Dennis, G.D. and T.J. Bright. 1988. Reef fish assemblages on hard banks in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):280-307.

Fox, C. A., & Powell, E. N. (1987). The effect of oxygen and sulfide on CO2 production by three acoel turbellarians. Are thiobiotic meiofauna aerobic? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 86(3), 509-514.

Gittings, S.R., Bright, T.J., and Dennis, G.D. Mass Mortality of Diadema antillarum in the NW GOM: Effect on Algae and Coral Cover. Unpublished.

Martin, N. 1988. The Flower Gardens. Texas Shores (Texas A&M Sea Grant College Program). Volume 20, Number 4.

Gittings, S.R. and T.J. Bright. 1987. Mass mortality of Diadema antillarum at the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico: effect on algae and coral cover. Benthic Ecology Meetings, Raleigh, North Carolina (abstract).

Bright, T.J . 1986. A survey of the topography and biological communities of Bright Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Report to Amerada Hess Corp. 1200 Milam, Houston, TX, 77002. 22 pp

Gittings, S.R. and T.J. Bright. 1986. Assessment of coral recovery following an incident of anchoring damage at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Final Report to NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Division. Contract No. NA85AA-H-CZ015. 45pp.

Gittings, S.R., G.D. Dennis, and H.W. Harry. 1986. Annotated Guide to the Barnacles of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Sea Grant College Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. TAMU-SG-86-402. 36pp.

Jensen, P. 1986a. The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. I. Chromadorida. Zool. Scr. 14:247-263.

Jensen, P. 1986b. The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. II. Monhysterida. Zool. Scr. 15:1-11.

Jensen, P. 1986c. The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. III. Enoplida. Zool. Scr. 15:93-99.

Jensen, P. 1986d. The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. IV. Ecological aspects. Mar. Biol. 92:489-503.

Powell, E.N., T.J. Bright, and J.M. Brooks. 1986. The effects of sulfide and an increased food supply on the microfauna and macrofauna at the East Flower Garden brine seep. Helg. Meers. 40:57-82.

Continental Shelf Associates, Inc. 1985. Environmental monitoring program for Platform "A", Lease OCS-G-2759, High Island Area, South Extension, East Addition, Block A-389, near the East Flower Garden Bank. Rept. to Mobil Producing Texas and New Mexico, Inc., The Woodlands, TX. 353pp. + appendices.

Baggett, L.S. 1985. Patterns of coral recruitment at the East Flower Garden bank. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 55pp.

Baggett, L.S. and T.J. Bright. 1985. Coral recruitment at the East Flower Garden Reef (northwestern Gulf of Mexico). Proc. 5th Int. Coral Reef Cong. 4:379-384.

Bright, T.J. 1985. Reef damage assessment, Gulf of Mexico West Cameron Block 656, OCS G6608, Prospect Malibu A. Report to Amerada Hess Corporation Drilling Services Offshore.

Bright, T.J., D.W. McGrail, R. Rezak, G.S. Boland and A.R. Trippet. 1985. The Flower Gardens: A compendium of information. U.S. Dept. of Interior Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Office, New Orleans, LA. OCS Studies/MMS 85-0024. 103pp.

Dennis, G.D. 1985. Reef fish assemblages on hard banks in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 184pp.

Gittings, S.R. 1985. Notes on barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 8(1):35-41.

Jensen, P. 1985. The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. I. Chromadorida. Zool. Ser. 14:247-263.

Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide–rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. II. Monhysterida. Zoologica Scripta, 15(1), 1-11.

Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide‐rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. III. Enoplida. Zoologica Scripta, 15(2), 93-99.

Jensen, P. (1986). Nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico: IV. Ecological aspects. Marine Biology, 92, 489-503.

McGowan, M.F. 1985. Icthyoplankton of the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

Minnery, G.A., R. Rezak and T.J. Bright. 1985. Depth zonation and growth form of crustose coralline algae: Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. pp. 237-246 In: D.F. Toomey and M.H. Niteck (eds.) Paleoalgology: Contemporary Research and Applications. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Nelson, R.S. 1985. Growth, mortality, and condition of cottonwick in the Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Ann. Conf. Southeast Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 39:34-44.

Rezak, R., T.J. Bright, and D.W. McGrail. 1985. Reefs and Banks of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Their Geological, Biological, and Physical Dynamics. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 259pp.

Bright, T.J., G.P. Kraemer, G.A. Minnery and S.T. Viada. 1984. Hermatypes of the Flower Garden banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico: a comparison to other western Atlantic reefs. Bull. Mar. Sci. 34(3):461-476.

Continental Shelf Associates, Inc. 1984. Impact assessment following an anchoring incident at the East Flower Garden Bank coral reef. Rept. to Mobil Producing Texas and New Mexico, Inc., Offshore Texas Division, The Woodlands, TX.

Gittings, S.R., T.J. Bright, and E.N. Powell. 1984. Hard-bottom macrofauna of the East Flower Garden Brine Seep: impact of a long-term, sulfurous brine discharge. Contr.Mar.Sci. 27:105-125.

Minnery, G.A. 1984. Distribution, growth rates and diagenesis of coralline algal structures on the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

Zastrow, C.E. 1984. Age and growth of the red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, and the vermilion snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens, from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

Boland, G.S., B.J. Gallaway, J.S. Baker,and G.S. Lewbel. 1983. Ecological effects on energy development on reef fish of the Flower Garden Banks. National Marine Fisheries, Galveston, Texas. Contract No. NA80-GA-C-00057. 466pp.

Bright, T.J. 1983. Flower Garden reefs - fragile beauty. Texas Parks and Wildlife 41(4):8-11.

Dodge, R.E. and J.C. Lang 1983. Environmental correlates of hermatypic coral (Montastrea annularis) growth on the East Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28(2):228-240.

Gittings, S.R. 1983. Hard-bottom macrofauna of the East Flower Garden Brine Seep: impact of a long term, point-source brine discharge. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 74pp.

Kennedy, E.A., W.E. Pequegnat, G.F. Hubbard, B.M. James, and C.M. Potter. 1983. Ecological survey of the macroinfaunal community near the Flower Garden Banks. Report by TerEco Corporation for National Marine Fisheries Service, SEFC Galveston Laboratory, Galveston, Texas. Contract No. NA80-GA-C-0075. 130pp + appendices.

McGrail, D.W. and M.R. Carnes. 1983. Shelf edge dynamics and the nepheloid layer. pp. 251-264 In: D.J. Stanley and G.T. Moore (eds.) Shelf Break: Critical Interface on Continental Margins. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral., Special Pub. No. 33.

Powell, E.N., T.J. Bright, A. Woods, and S.R. Gittings. 1983. Meiofauna and the thiobios in the East Flower Garden Brine Seep. Mar. Biol. 73:269-283.

Rezak, R., T.J. Bright, and D.W. McGrail (eds.). 1983. Reefs and banks of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: their geological, biological, and physical dynamics. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, New Orleans, LA. Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Tech. Rept. No. 83-1-T.

Eiseman, N.J. and S.M. Blair. 1982. New records and range extensions of deepwater algae from East Flower Garden Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Contr. Mar. Sci. 25:21-26.

Kraemer, G.P. 1982. Population levels and growth rates of the scleractinian corals within the Diploria-Montastrea-Porites zones of the East and West Flower Garden banks. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX. 138pp.

McGrail, D.W. 1982. Anomalous flow on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico and its effects on sediment transport. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 63(3):65 (abstract).

McGrail, D.W., T.M. Cecil and F.B. Halper. 1982a. Stacking of nepheloid and boundary layers at the shelf edge in the Gulf of Mexico. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 63:988 (abstract).

McGrail, D.W., F. Halper, D. Horne, T. Cecil, and M. Carnes. 1982b. Time series data report. Northern Gulf of Mexico topographic features study. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Contract No. AA851-CT0-25. Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Tech. Rep. 82-5-T. 155pp.

McGrail, D.W., R. Rezak and T.J. Bright. 1982c. Environmental studies at the Flower Gardens and selected banks. Northwest Gulf of Mexico, 1979-1981. Final Rept. to Minerals Management Service, Contract AA851-CT0-25. NTIS Order No. PB83-101303.

Rezak R., McGrail, D.W., Bright, T.J. 1982. Environmental studies at the Flower Gardens and selected banks: Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1979-1981. Final Report, Northern Gulf of Mexico Topographic Features Study, Technical Report No. 82-7-T, Texas A&M University, College Geosciences, College Station TX, 315pp

Stafford, J.M. 1982. An evaluation of the carbonate cements and their diagenesis on selected banks, outer continental shelf, northern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 78pp.

Woods, A. 1982.  Effects of a sulfide system produced by a natural brine seep on sandy-bottom community structure at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 87pp.

Poag, C.W. and Tresslar, R.C. 1981. Living foraminifers of West Flower Garden Bank, northernmost coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico. Micropaleontology, 27(1), 31-70.

Powell, E.N. and T.J. Bright. 1981. A thiobios does exist: Gnathostomulid domination of the canyon community at the East Flower Garden Brine Seep. Int. Rev. Ges. Hydrobiol. 66(5):675-683.

Powell, E.N., T.J. Bright, A. Woods, S.R. Gittings, and J. Johansen. 1981. The East Flower Garden Brine Seep: implications for benthic community structure. Rep. to U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Office of Coastal Zone Management. Contract No. NA80-AA-H-CZ118. Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography Tech. Rep. No. 81-6-T.

Rezak, R. and T.J. Bright (eds.). 1981a. Northern Gulf of Mexico topographic features study. (5 vol.). Final Report to the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Contract #AA551-CT8-35.

Rezak, R. and T.J. Bright. 1981b. Seafloor instability at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Geo-Marine Lett. 1(2):97-103.

Bright, T.J., P.A. LaRock, R.D. Lauer, and J.M. Brooks. 1980a. A brine seep at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Int. Rev. Ges. Hydrobiol. 65(4):535-549.

Bright, T.J., E.N. Powell, and R. Rezak. 1980b. Environmental effects of a natural brine seep at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. pp. 291-316 In: R.A. Geyer (ed.) Marine Environmental Pollution. Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam.

Hudson, J.H. and D.M. Robbin. 1980. Effects of drilling mud on the growth rate of the reef-building coral, Montastrea annularis. pp. 455-470 In R.A. Geyer (ed.) Marine Environmental Pollution, Vol. 1: Hydrocarbons. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, New York. 591 pp.

Trippet, A. 1980. Maps showing geology of East and West Flower Garden Banks, Northwest Gulf of Mexico. USGS Miscellaneious Field Studies Map MF-1232, 1 sheet.

Viada, S.T. 1980. Species composition and population levels of scleractinean corals within the Diploria-Montastrea-Porites zone of the East Flower Garden Bank., northwest Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 96 pp

Abbott, R.E. 1979. Ecological processes affecting the reef coral population at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M Univ., Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 154 pp.

Brooks, J.M., T.J. Bright, B. Bernard, and C. Schwab. 1979. Chemical aspects of a brine seep at the East Flower Garden Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Limnol. Oceanogr. 24(4):735-745.

Lauer, R.D. 1979. Sulfur deposition in the East Flower Gardens, Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Florida State Univ. 33 pp.

Leuterman, A. 1979. The taxonomy and systematics of the Gymnolaemate and Stenolaemate Bryozoa of the northwest Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

Bright, T.J. and R. Rezak. 1978. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico topographic features study. Final Rept. to U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Contract No. AA550-CT7-15.

Bright, T.J. and R. Rezak. 1978. South Texas Topographic Features Study. Draft Final Report to U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Contract No. AA550-CT6-18.

Giammona, C.P. 1978. Octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico - their taxonomy and distribution with remarks on their paleontology. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 260 pp.

McGrail, D.W. 1978. Boundary layer processes, mixed bottom layers, and turbid layers on continental shelves. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 59:1110 (abstract).

McGrail, D.W. and D.W. Huff. 1978. Shelf sediment and local flow phenomena: in situ observations. Program AAPG-SEPM Ann. Conv. p. 93.

Bright, T.J. 1977. Coral reefs, nepheloid layers, gas seeps and brine flows on hard-banks in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Third Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1:39-46.

Bright, T.J. and R. Rezak. 1977. Reconnaissance of reefs and fishing banks of the Texas continental shelf. Ch. 6, pp. 113-150 In: R.A. Geyer (ed.) Submersibles and Their Use in Oceanography. Elsevier, New York.

Jorgensen, B.B. 1977. Bacterial sulfate reduction within reduced microniches of oxidized marine sediments. Mar. Biol. 41:7-17.

Marine Technical Consulting Services (MTCS). (T.J. Bright, R. Rezak, G. Boland, R. Abbott, and R. Putt: contributing authors). 1977. EcologicalAssessments of Drilling Activities: High Island East Addition (BlockA-384). Prepared for Union Oil of California by Marine Technical Consulting Services, Bryan, Texas. 185 p.

McGrail, D.W. 1977. Shelf edge currents and sediment transport in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 58:1160 (abstract).

McGrail, D.W. and R. Rezak. 1977. Internal waves and the nepheloid layer on continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. 27:123-124.

Rezak, R. 1977. West Flower Garden Bank, Gulf of Mexico. Stud. Geol. 4:27-35.

Bernard, B.B., J.M. Brooks, and W.M. Sackett. 1976. Natural gas seepage in the Gulf of Mexico. Earth Planet Sci. Lett. 31:47-54.

Bright, T.J. and R. Rezak. 1976. A biological and geological reconnaissance of selected topographical features on the Texas continental shelf. Final Rept. to U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Contract No. 08550-CT5-4. 377 pp.

Defenbaugh, R.E. 1976. A study of the benthic macroinvertebrates of the continental shelf of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 410 pp.

Sonnier, F., J. Teerling and H.D. Hoese. 1976. Observations on the offshore reef and platform fish fauna of Louisiana. Copeia 1:105-111.

Wills, J.B. 1976. Benthonic Polychaeta of the West Flower Garden Bank. M.S. Thesis, University of Houston, Dept. of Biology, Houston, TX. 181 pp.

Abbott, R.E. 1975. The faunal composition of the algal-sponge zone of the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 205 pp.

Dubois, R. 1975. A comparison of the distribution of the Echinodermata of a coral community with that of a nearby rock outcrop on the Texas continental shelf. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

Etter, P.C and J.D. Cochrane. 1975. Water temperature on the Texas-Louisiana shelf. Marine Advisory Bull., Texas A&M Sea Grant Publ., TAMU-SG-75-604.

Hogg, D.M. 1975. Formation, growth, structure, and distribution of calcareous algal nodules on the Flower Garden banks. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX. 59 pp.

Lipka, D.A. 1975. The systematics and zoogeography of cephalopods from the Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, 1975, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 346 pages.

Teerling, J. 1975. A survey of sponges from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Dept. of Biology, Lafayette, LA. 186 pp.

Bright, T.J. and L.H. Pequegnat (eds.) 1974. Biota of the West Flower Garden Bank. Gulf Publishing Company, Book Division, Houston, Texas. 435 pp.

Burke, T.E. 1974. Echinoderms of the West Flower Garden bank. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

Ray, J.P. 1974. A study of the coral reef crustaceans (Decapoda and Stomatopoda) of two Gulf of Mexico reef systems: West Flower Garden, Texas and Isla de Lobos, Veracruz, Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

Tresslar, R.C. 1974. The living benthonic foraminiferal fauna of the West Flower Garden Bank coral reef and biostrome. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 239 pp.

Cashman, C.W. 1973. Contributions to the ichthyofaunas of the West Flower Garden Reef and other reef sites in the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX. 247 pp.

Cropper, D.A. 1973. Living Cheilostome Bryozoa of West Flower Garden Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, College Station, TX.

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Sidner, B.R. and C.W. Poag. 1973. Foraminiferal evidence of late quaternary sea level fluctuations from the West Flower Garden Bank. Texas A&M University Sea Grant College. TAMU-SG-73-213. 124 pp.

Rezak, R. and G.S. Edwards. 1972. Carbonate sediments of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M Ocean. Stud. 3:263-280.

Edwards, G.S. 1971. Geology of the West Flower Garden Bank. Texas A&M Sea Grant Publ., TAMU-SG-71-215. 199 pp.

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