Predators and the distribution and abundance of blennies on offshore petroleum platforms

Rauch, T. J.

Predation may be important in structuring fish assemblages but studies of the intensity of predation on marine fish assemblages are uncommon.

Patchwork of oil and gas facilities in Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf has the potential to enhance local fisheries production

Rabaoui, L. and 8 others

Because of the increasing oil industry development in the Arabian Gulf, hundreds of oil and gas facilities have been installed in both offshore and inshore areas during the last few decades.

Fish detection around offshore artificial structures: preliminary results from hydroacoustics and fishing surveys

Punzo, E., S. Malaspina, F. Domenichetti, P. Polidori, G. Scarcella, and G. Fabi

The spatial distribution of fish assemblages was investigated through either hydro-acoustic surveys (using a Multibeam Echosounder) or fishing surveys (using trammel nets) carried out at increasing distance from two gas extraction structures in the Adr

Fish assemblages associated with oil industry structures on the continental shelf of north-western Australia

Pradella, N., A. M. Fowler, D. J. Booth, and P. I. Macreadie

This study provides the first assessment of fish associations with oil and gas structures located in deep water (85–175 m) on Australia’s north-west continental shelf, using rare oil industry video footage obtained from remotely operated vehicles.

Successful discrimination using otolith microchemistry among samples of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus from artificial reefs and samples of L. campechanus taken from nearby oil and gas platforms

Nowling, L. K., R. W. Gauldie, J. H. Cowan Jr., and E. De Carlo

A total of 98 Lutjanus campechanus otoliths were analyzed by ICPMS from collections made from both artificial reefs and oil and gas platforms in Alabama and Louisiana over a two-year period from 2002 to 2003.

Summer and winter plankton fish assemblages around offshore oil and gas platforms in south-eastern Australia

Neira, F. J.

Opportunistic plankton surveys were conducted within a 5-nmi radius of nine offshore oil and gas platforms in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia, in February 1998 and 1999 (summer) and August 1998 (winter).

Site fidelity and depth utilization of nearshore reef fish on offshore San Pedro shelf petroleum platforms

Mireles, C.

In California, economically important nearshore reef fish inhabit the shallow (<30 m) regions of deep (50-212 m) San Pedro Shelf (SPS) petroleum platforms.

Oil platforms and red snapper movement and behavior

McDonough, M.

Understanding the behavior, including movement, of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), around and among the many oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is crucial to the management of this important commercial and recreatio

Environmental impact assessment: detecting changes in fish community structure in response to disturbance with an asymmetric multivariate BACI sampling design

Martin, C. J. B., B. J. Allen and C. G. Lowe

One of the primary challenges to detecting anthropogenic environmental impacts is the high degree of spatial and temporal variability inherent in natural systems.

Assemblage structure of fish at offshore petroleum platforms on the San Pedro Shelf of southern California

Martin, C. J. B. and C. G. Lowe

Offshore petroleum platforms in California's Santa Barbara Channel have been shown to be of ecological importance for local fish populations; however, before our investigation, no data existed on the fish assemblages associated with the platforms on th

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