Detecting the Chronic Effects of Oil Development in Caddo Lake

by Charles W. Ramcharan
School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University

Disclaimer

This report was prepared under a contract between Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program (OSRADP). The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office — Office of the Governor, or those of the Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the state of Louisiana.

Citation

Ramcharan, C. W. 2003. Final report for the project: Detecting the chronic effects of oil development in Caddo Lake. Louisiana State University. Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program, OSRADP Technical Report Series.

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to the following people and organizations for helpful advice, criticism, technical support, data, photographs, and other graphics (listed in no particular order):

• Soraya Silva, graduate student, Dept. Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Dr. Kevin Carman, professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Andy Stone, technician, Dept. Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Zora Quiñones, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Myriam Beaulne, technician, Dept. Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Dr. Roy Darville, professor, Texas East Baptist University
• Chris Villareal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
• Dr. Mary Barrett, professor, Dept. Geology, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana
• Dr. Eugene Turner, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Dr. Chuck Wilson, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Tom Oswald, technician, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Charlie Milan, technician, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Erick Swenson, technician, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Brenda Bachman, research scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington
• Cliff Murray, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CESWT, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• The Caddo Lake Institute, Uncertain, Texas