Several sessions in this symposium dealt with oil and gas platforms. These were 1) Fisheries Associations with Platforms and 2) Studies Reports and Research Initiatives.
From the Abstract: “Demersal nekton communities in the Buccaneer Oil Field during research year 1978–1979 were dominated by macrocrustaceans, particularly sugar shrimp, Trachypenaeus similis.
This study gives an overview, based primarily on a variety of previously published papers and completed reports, of the organisms associated with Gulf of Mexico platforms.
From the Abstract: “Environmental and ecosystem alterations associated with the development and release of contaminants from an active gas and oil field were found to have been primarily related to the presence of the structures per se (- 16,000 m2 har
From the Abstract: “Approximately 4,000 petroleum (oil and gas) platforms exist in the northern Gulf of Mexico and form one of the world's most extensive de facto artificial reef systems.
