Holbrook S. J., R. F. Ambrose, L. Botsford, M. H. Carr, P. T. Raimondi, and M. J. Tegner
From the Executive Summary: “1. Surveys of platforms in California waters reveal that they harbor rich assemblages of marine organisms, including many fishes and invertebrates that typically occur on natural rocky reef substrates.
Carr, M. H., M. V. McGinnis, G. E. Forrester, J. Harding, and P. T. Raimondi
From Significant Conclusions: “Fish assemblages on the production platforms and nearby natural reefs we studied differed in species composition and relative abundance.
From Conclusions: “The development of shellfish harvesting as a biofouling control strategy and profitable business was successful in southern California because biogeographic, oceanographic, and industrial conditions coincided to create a situation ri
From the Extended Abstract: “Hydroacoustic and video surveys were conducted from June 2013 to June 2014…on two toppled and three standing platforms located approximately 130 km off the coast of Louisiana…Results show a clear pattern of biomass decreasi
Pondella, D. J., L. A. Zahn, M. S. Love, D. Siegel, and B. B. Bernstein
California's oil platforms are nearing the end of their productive lives and therefore will be decommissioned in the near future. These structures have been shown to be important habitats for both settlement and growth for reef fishes.
STUDY RESULTS: In the case of the Gulf, an advocacy coalition that combined the interests
of the oil industry, recreation and commercial fishing, scientists, and resource managers
Strandings of 51 dead sea turtles (primarily Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelyskempi), 40 dolphins (primarily bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus) and many fish were recorded on beaches in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico from 19
Gallaway, B. J., L. R. Martin, J. G. Cole, R. G. Fechhelm, C. A. Wilson, Y. Allen, and M. Miller
From the Introduction: “Our objectives have been to conduct highresolution side-scan sonar surveys of debris field associated with two sites where obsolete oil and gas platforms installed in the mid-1960s have been topped and left in place as artificia
