Cross-shelf gradient of larval fish: importance to platform productivity

Ditty, J., R. F. Shaw, and T. Farooqi

Between 1995 and 1997, and using plankton nets and light traps, ichthyoplankton were sampled around three offshore platforms off Louisiana.

The across-shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish community associated with offshore oil and gas platforms and a coastal rock jetty west of the Mississippi River Delta

Hernandez, F. J. Jr., R. F. Shaw, J. S. Cope, J. G. Ditty, T. Farooqi, and M. C. Benfield

The fisheries aggregation value of oil and gas platforms in the continental shelf waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is well recognized, but the assessment of early life stages associated with these structures has not been adequately addressed

Comparison of plankton net and light trap methodologies for sampling larval and juvenile fishes at offshore petroleum platforms and a coastal jetty off Louisiana

Hernandez, F. J. Jr. and R. F. Shaw

While sampling ichthyoplankton associated with artificial structures across the continental shelf (3–230 m depth) of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), we compared passive, 60 cm diameter plankton net and light-trap methodologies at three o

Vertical and within platform spatial variability of larval and juvenile fishes associated with petroleum platforms off Louisiana

Hernandez, F. J. Jr. and R. F. Shaw

The abundance of Blenniidae on platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico may be substantially underestimated. Previous studies have reported the abundance of blenny species on platforms to range between 0.6 fish and 16 fish m^-2.

Distribution patterns of larval and juvenile fishes at offshore petroleum platforms in the north-central Gulf of Mexico

Lindquist, D. C., R. F. Shaw, and F. J. Hernandez Jr

Vertical and horizontal distribution patterns of larval and juvenile fishes were described from five offshore petroleum platforms in the north-central Gulf of Mexico.

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