Rigs to reefs: a critical evaluation of the potential for reef development using decommissioned rigs

Sayer, M. D. J. and M. S. P. Baine

From the Abstract: “ This paper reviews the effects existing platform and associated structures have on fish species of commercial importance and discusses what effect the decommissioning process could have on wild stocks in a North Sea context.

Survey of fish distribution and contamination

Understanding the environmental impact of de-commissioning; the established marine ecosystem associated with offshore platforms, Brunei Darussalam.

Holyoak, S., S. Oakley, J. Elder, and L. Miller

From the Text: “To many, the offshore production facilities punctuating the skyline are probably seen as something of an eyesore.

Across-shelf larval, post-larval and juvenile fish assemblages collected at offshore oil and gas platforms and a coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta

Hernandez, F. J. Jr., R. F. Shaw, J. S. Cope, J. G. Ditty, M. C. Benfield, and T. Farooqi

Macroepifauna and demersal fish trace metal analyses

Gould, G. and B. Moberg

Examination of body burden and taint for Icelandic scallop (Chlamys islandica) and American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) near the Terra Nova offshore oil development over ten years of drilling on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada

DeBlois, E. M., J. W. Kiceniuk, M. D. Paine, B. W. Kilgour, E. Tracy, R. D. Crowley, U. P. Williams, and G. G. Janes

From the Abstract: “This paper presents results of analyses of body burdens of metals and hydrocarbons, and taste tests for taint, in Iceland scallop and American plaice performed as part of the Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) program for the Te

Vertical Reefs

Wicksten, M. K.

This book provides an overview for the general public on various aspects of offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rigs and reefs: A comparison of the fish communities at two artificial reefs, a production platform, and a natural reef in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Wilson, C. A., A. Pierce, and M. W. Miller

From the Significant Conclusions: “Overall, we found that fish biomass per cubic meter and density around the standing oil and gas platform were higher than the artificial reefs or natural reefs.

Determine effects of oil field discharges on species composition and abundance of pelagic fishes and demersal fishes and macro-crustaceans in the oil field

Workman, I. K. and C. E. Jones

Hydroacoustic survey of fish distribution and abundance around an artificial reef and standing platform in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Morgan, T. C.

Platform Science

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