From the Abstract: “Although surveys of soft-bottom macrofauna are an important tool in marine pollution monitoring, the high costs involved have often been criticised.
From the Abstract: “The oil platform Maureen Alpha (MA) and the Articulated Loading Column (ALC) are to be decommissioned at Aker Stord, at the island Stord on the, western coast of Norway.
From the Abstract: “Offshore and Timbalir Bay, Louisiana, sites were sampled with trawls and benthic grabs to determine if there have been any effects of petroleum drilling and production activities upon the invertebrate fauna of the area.
The volume contains a series of papers examining the cumulative effects of petroleum drilling and production. The study centered on Timbalier Bay and the adjacent offshore in Louisiana.
From the Abstract: “Data taken in the Northern Gulf of Mexico by the M/V Oregon [Bureau of Commercial Fisheries] and chartered vessels during the period in which the offshore oil industry was developed in Southern Louisiana were used in an effort to de