From the Abstract: “Offshore oil and gas production platforms can be a source of chronic stress that could lead to sublethal impacts on resident benthic organisms.
Sis, R. S., J. Neff, V. L. Jacobs, H. Armstrong, N. McArthur, C. C. Corkern II, R. Tarpley, and G. Stott
"This work was part of a multidisciplinary project which also included studies of hydrography, hydrocarbons, sedimentology, trace metals, microbiology, benthic biology, and biofouling.
Examination of 16 artificial reef structures with a two-person submersible in depths ranging from 30 to 120 m (100–400 ft) indicated that the highest numbers of fish are found around reefs in water shallower than 46 m (150 ft).
Peterson, C. H., M. C. Kennicutt II, R. H. Green, P. Montagna, D. E. Harper Jr., E. N. Powell, and P. F. Roscigno
A synthesis of the literature on benthic responses to marine pollution suggests that macroinfaunal and meiofaunal
communities exhibit repeatable patterns of response to sedimentary contamination generally detectable at high taxonomic
Effects have been observed on the benthic fauna around the Beryl oil platform and preliminary statistical analysis would appear to indicate that the levels of persistent naphthalenes and the phenanthrene/anthracene group of compounds in the sediment ma
