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Six offshore oil well tests were drilled off Key West in the 
late 1950s and early 1960s. Two wells were drilled on coral 
bottom, two on carbonate sand, and two on mixed turtlegrass 
and gorgonian/sponge hardbottom. After locating the sites 
with a proton magnetometer, several underwater assessment 
methods were used to measure the ecological impacts of 
drilling. Because of differing environments and bottom types, 
no single method was applicable at every site.