Impacts from partial removal of decommissioned oil and gas platforms on fish biomass and production on the remaining platform structure and surrounding shell mounds

Claisse, J. T., D. J. Pondella II, Milton Love, L. A. Zahn, C. M. Williams, and A. S. Bull

When oil and gas platforms become obsolete they go through a decommissioning process. This may include partial removal (from the surface to 26 m depth) or complete removal of the platform structure.

Movement patterns and home ranges of a pelagic carangid fish, Caranx crysos, around a petroleum platform complex

Brown, H.

Quantification of the movements and home ranges of highly mobile marine species is a challenging prerequisite for a more complete understanding of their ecology.

Assessing linkages between petroleum platforms and pelagic fishes using telemetry, with emphasis on blue runner (Caranx crysos).

Brown, H.

Petroleum platforms number greater than 4,200 in the Gulf of Mexico and Caranx crysos (blue runner) is one of the most abundant fish species around these platforms.

Biomass, density, and size distributions of fishes associated with a large-scale artificial reef complex in the Gulf of Mexico

Boswell, K. M., R. J. D. Wells, J. H. Cowan Jr., and C. A. Wilson

The Freeport Sulphur Mine Artificial Reef (FSMAR) is a decommissioned oil and gas platform and serves as the largest artificial reef complex in the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM).

Ecological investigations of petroleum production platforms in the central Gulf of Mexico – preliminary findings

Bedinger, C. A. Jr.

Southwest Research Institute is presently managing a relatively large program in offshore ecology for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of the Interior.

A biological survey of oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channe

Bascom, W. A., J. Mearns, and M. D. Moore

The objective of the studies reported in this paper was to obtain facts about the present status of the sea life on and near two offshore structures and compare the quantity and quality of life there now with that which lived at the tower several years

Environmental impacts of produced water and drilling waste discharges from the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry.

Bakke, T., J. Klungsør, and S. Sanni

Operational discharges of produced water and drill cuttings from offshore oil and gas platforms are a continuous source of contaminants to continental shelf ecosystems.

Translocation, homing behavior and habitat utilization of oil platform-associated groundfishes in the east Santa Barbara Channel, California.

Anthony, K. M.

Several offshore oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel harbor large numbers of adult rockfishes, of which some species have been depleted on nearby natural reefs as a result of overfishing.

Assessing the suitability of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to study the fish community associated with offshore gas platforms in the Ionian Sea: a comparative analysis with underwater visual censuses (UVCs).

Andaloro, F., M. Ferraro, E. Mostarda, T. Romeo, and P. Consoli

The effectiveness of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to describe the fish communities of three gas platforms located offshore Crotone (Italy, Ionian Sea) was investigated by comparing its observations with underwater visual censuses (UVCs).

Evaluating fish assemblages associated with gas platforms: evidence from a visual census technique and experimental fishing surveys

Andaloro, F., L. Castriota, M. Ferraro, T. Romeo, G. Sara, and P. Consoli

Fish assemblages associated with extractive platforms were surveyed, for the first time, using traditional fishing surveys (bottom gill net) and an underwater visual census (UVC) technique in order to test the effectiveness and to identify strengths an

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