Atchison, A. D., P. W. Sammarco, and D. A. Barzeau
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
The northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is one of the most productive oil and gas exploration areas in the world, currently containing approximately 3,800 offshore platforms.
Atchison, A. D., P. W. Sammarco, and D. A. Brazeau
The northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) currently possesses ∼ 3,600 offshore oil and gas production platforms. These platforms serve as artificial reefs on the continental shelf, where, until their introduction, shallow hard substrata were rare.
Sammarco, P. W., S. A. Porter, J. Sinclair, and M. Genazzio
An Indo-Pacific scleractinian coral has invaded the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM): Tubastraea micranthus. It was initially observed on one oil platform (GI-93C) near the Mississippi River.
The 3,000 oil/gas structures currently deployed in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) provide hard substratum for marine organisms in a region where such has been rare since the Holocene. The major exception to this are the Flower Garden Banks (FGB).
This chapter summarizes what was known at the time regarding coral species richness, abundance, genetic affinities, and recruitment and the Mississippi River as a barrier to coral larval dispersal to the oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Larcom, E. A., D. L. McKean, J. M. Brooks, and C. R. Fisher
Using industry inspection video and ROV imaging, we examined Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus 1758) on 10 artificial structures of known ages (9 to 100 years) in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Kolian, S. R., S. Porter, P. W. Sammarco, and E. W. Cake Jr
The impetus for this study began on 8 May 2011, when we noted sporadic mortality of colonies of orange—cup corals, Tubastrea coccinea (Lesson, 1829), and green sun corals, Tubastrea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scl
