There are approximately 70 working and planned structures in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The majority are steel-legged installations (oil and gas jackets) placed in depths ranging from 70 to 200 m.
Scarborough-Bull, A., M. S. Love, and D. M. Schroeder
Rigs-to-Reefs is a term used when converting obsolete offshore oil and gas platforms into designated artificial reefs. In Federal waters, there are over 4,000 platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and 23 structures in the Southern California Bight.
Page, H. M., J. E. Dugan, D. M. Schroeder, M. M. Nishimoto, M. S. Love, and J. C.Hoesterey
We explored habitat-related variability in the composition and density of small invertebrate prey of microcarnivorous reef fishes among 2 artificial (offshore oil platform) and 2 natural reef habitats in the Santa Barbara Channel, USA, and the conseque
Nishimoto, M. M., M. S. Love, L. Washburn, D. M. Schroeder, and B. M. Emery
The assessment of the effects of platform activities and of the habitat created by the structure of petroleum platforms on marine populations greatly bears upon decommissioning issues.
Lowe, C. G., K. M. Anthony, E. T. Jarvis, L. F. Bellquist, and M. S. Love
In order to better assess the ecological importance of offshore petroleum platforms for economically important groundfishes, we quantified the degree of site fidelity of 100 platform-associated individuals representing 15 species at three offshore plat
We conducted 87 transects around 11 platforms, encompassing 32,816 m2 of habitat and we made two dives (13 transects, 5469 m2) on natural reefs in shallow (46–47 m) and somewhat deeper (145 m) waters.
There is increasing evidence that some California oil platforms form important
habitats for a number of economically important fishes. We asked to what extent
