Gittings, S. R., C. L. Ostrom, and K. J. P. Deslarzes
From the Abstract: “Because of high levels of hydrocarbon exploration and development in the NW Gulf of Mexico, the management of the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary interacts regularly with the oil industry.
Buhl-Mortensen, P., J. Klungsøyr, S. Meier, A. Purser, E. Tenningen, and L. Thomsen
From the Summary: “This report presents results from environmental monitoring during discharge of mud and drill cuttings during top hole drilling of four wells at the Morvin field in 2009 and 2010 (Block 6506/11 and production license 134b/c).
Brooks, J. M., C. Fisher, H. Roberts, E. Cordes, I. Baums, B. Bernard, S. Brooke, R. Church, A. Demopoulos, P. Etnoyer, C. German, E. Goehring, C. Kellogg, I. McDonald, C. Morrison, M. Nizinski, S. Ross, T. Shank, D. Warren, S. Welsh, and G. Wolff
The platform part of this interim report discusses ROV surveys at four platforms off Louisiana.
Coral settlements on piles of oil-drilling platforms rigged up in the South China Sea from 1984 to 1988 were investigated. The composition and structure of the settlements of 11 species of corals were determined.
Atchison, A. D., P. W. Sammarco, and D. A. Barzeau.
From Conclusions: “Based on these results, we conclude that, counter to current theory regarding larval dispersal in corals, populations of brooding species such as Madracis decactis are highly effective at dispersing their larvae over a wide region wh
Sammaraco, P. W., A. D. Atchison, and G. S. Boland
The Flower Garden Banks (FGB), Gulf of Mexico (GOM), are highly isolated corals reefs. The
surrounding continental shelf possesses ~3,800 oil/gas platforms. Questions: To what degree are
