From the Abstract: “A study of the fish and biofouling communities at two artificial reef sites was conducted in the Gulf of Mexico. South Timbalier Block 128 Platform A (ST 128-A) had been detonated and toppled in place nine months previously.
Brooks, J. M., C. Fisher, H. Roberts, E. Cordes, I. Baums, B. Bernard, S. Brooke, R. Church, A. Demopoulos, P. Etnoyer, C. German, E. Goehring, C. Kellogg, I. McDonald, C. Morrison, M. Nizinski, S. Ross, T. Shank, D. Warren, S. Welsh, and G. Wolff
The platform part of this interim report discusses ROV surveys at four platforms off Louisiana.
From the Abstract: “The effects of discharges from oil and gas production platforms off southern California are being monitored during a long-term (five-year) study.
The fouling community attached to the substructure of a semi-submersible drilling platform located in southern California was examined. From the Abstract: “Each of the four pontoons maintained a significantly different community structure.
Armstrong, H. W., K. Fucik, J. W. Anderson, and J. M. Neff
From the Abstract: “Field studies have established the concentrations of naphthalenes in bay sediments and water in the vicinity of an oil separator platform and their effects on the benthic fauna.
Allen, M. J., R. K. Cowen, L. A. de Wit, and M. S. Love
From the Abstract: “The document (MMS OCS Study 86-0092) is essentially an appendix to two other MMS reports, the Ecology of Important Fisheries Species Offshore California (MMS OCS Study 86-0093) and the Ecology of Oil/Gas Platforms Offshore Californi
From the Abstract: “To investigate the effects of drilling discharges on the seabed fauna, surveys were carried out in the Beatrice oilfield after drilling 13 wells with water-based muds, and then after one and five further wells had been drilled using
