FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- Introduction -- 1 Physiographic, Oceanographic, and Ecological Context of the Gulf of Mexico -- 2 Approaches to Damage Assessment and Valuation of Ecosystem Services -- 3 Methods to Establish Baselines for Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Services -- 4 An Ecosystem Services Approach to Damage Assessment -- References -- Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies -- Appendix B: Acronyms.