Introduction -- A Synopsis Of The Circulation In The Gulf Of Mexico And On Its Continental Margins -- Loop Current, Rings And Related Circulation In The Gulf Of Mexico: A Review Of Numerical Models And Future Challenges -- Upper-layer Circulation In The Approaches To Yucatan Channel -- Eddy Forced Variations In On-and Off-margin Summertime Circulation Along The 1000-m Isobath Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, 2000-2003, And Links With Sperm Whale Distributions Along The Middle Slope -- Assessment Of Data Assimilative Ocean Models In The Gulf Of Mexico Using Ocean Color -- A Statistical Description Of The Velocity Fields From Upper Ocean Drifters In The Gulf Of Mexico -- Gulf Of Mexico And Atlantic Coast Sea Level Change -- Eddies And Jets Over The Slope Of The Northeast Gulf Of Mexico -- Velocity And Transport Characteristics Of The Louisiana-texas Coastal Current -- Movies Of Surface Drifters In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico -- Barotropic Tides In The Gulf Of Mexico -- A Regional Data-assimilative Model For Operational Use In The Gulf Of Mexico -- Altimeter-derived Loop Current Metrics -- The Seasonal Variability Of Continental Shelf Circulation In The Northern And Western Gulf Of Mexico From A High-resolution Numerical Model -- Low-frequency Circulation Over The Texas-louisiana Continental Shelf -- Cyclones And Westward Propagation In The Shedding Of Anticyclonic Rings From The Loop Current -- Deep-water Exchange Between The Atlantic, Caribbean, And Gulf Of Mexico -- Bay Of Campeche Circulation: An Update -- Wind And Eddy-related Shelf/slope Circulation Processes And Coastal Upwelling In The Northwestern Gulf Of Mexico -- Intermediate-depth Circulation In The Gulf Of Mexico Estimated From Direct Measurements -- West Florida Shelf Circulation On Synoptic, Seasonal, And Interannual Time Scales. Wilton Sturges Iii ... [et Al.], Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.