Yan, T., W. Yan, Y. Dong, H. Wang, Y. Yan, and G. H. Liang
Marine fouling on two offshore installations, one a buoy investigation station and the other a fixed oil platform, in the northern Beibu Gulf of China was investigated.
Inspection videos of four offshore platforms in the central and northern North Sea were used to study the development of fouling communities on clamps and guides of oil export risers over an 11-y period (1989–2000).
Forteath, G. N. R., G. B. Picken, R. Ralph, and J. Williams.
Montrose Alpha oil platform was installed in the North Sea during August 1975. Samples and photographs of marine growth on the platform jacket have been analysed since 1977.
A mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam.) dominated community represents the climax fouling assemblages on most structures and facilities in Italian seas and enclosed brackish environments.
The chapter deals with fouling communities on North Sea oil and gas platforms. It very briefly summarizes these communities, dividing them into three depth zones: surface, midwater, and deeper.
The different marine growth communities that have appeared on oil and gas platforms in the North Sea are described. Some geographical and temporal variations are outlined.
The pattern of marine growth on platforms in the northern NorthSea is described. At levels near the surface mussels or the soft hydroid Turbularia are dominant but at deeper levels the growth become more complex.
