Ecological performance of OCS platforms as fish habitat off California.

Love, M. S. and D. M. Schroeder

Significant Results:

Reproductive ecology and body burden of resident fish prior to decommissioning.

Love, M. S., M. Nishimoto, and M. Saiki

From Significant Results: Task 1: In this study we collected 18 kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus), 80 kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens), and 98 Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus) from five offshore oil platforms and

Biodiversity and potential use of marine macroalgae from the offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Lopez-Bautista, J. M., S. Fredericq, R. L. Chapman, and D. A. Waters

In the north-western Gulf of Mexico, more than 3000 oil and gas platforms are supporting a significant community of marine organisms in an area wherein natural hard substrata are scarce.

Completion of fish assemblage surveys around manmade structures and natural reefs off California

Love, M. S. and N. Nishimoto

We conducted 87 transects around 11 platforms, encompassing 32,816 m2 of habitat and we made two dives (13 transects, 5469 m2) on natural reefs in shallow (46–47 m) and somewhat deeper (145 m) waters.

Distribution of bocaccio (Sebaste paucispinis) and cowcod (Sebastes levis) around oil platforms and natural outcrops off California with implications for larval production

Love, M. S., D. M. Schroeder, and W. H. Lenarz

There is increasing evidence that some California oil platforms form important
habitats for a number of economically important fishes. We asked to what extent

The ecological role of oil and gas production platforms and natural outcrops on fishes in southern and central California: a synthesis of information

Love, M. S., D. M. Schroeder, and M. M. Nishimoto

From Findings: Our research demonstrates that some platforms may be important to regional fish production.

Ecological performance of young-of-the year blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) associated with oil platforms and natural reefs in California as measured by daily growth rates.

Love, M. S., E. Brothers, D. M. Schroeder, and W. H. Lenarz.

Decommissioning alternatives regarding offshore oil platforms include leaving some or all of the platform structure in place.

Analysis of fish populations at platforms off Summerland, California.

Love, M. S., M. M. Nishimoto, S. Clark, and A. S. Bull.

1) The fish assemblages found around the Summerland platforms are similar to those around other
platforms situated in the same bottom depths in the Santa Barbara Channel (i.e., Holly and Gilda);

Whole-body concentrations of elements in three fish species from offshore oil platforms and natural areas in the southern California Bight, USA.

Love, M. S., M. K. Saiki, T. W. May, and J. L. Yee.

There is concern that offshore oil platforms off Southern California may be contributing to environmental contaminants accumulated by marine fishes.To examine this possibility, 18 kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus Girard, 1854), 80 kelp rockfis

Recruitment of young-of-the-year fishes to natural and artificial offshore structure within central and southern California waters, 2008–2010

Love, M. S., M. Nishimoto, S. Clark, and D. M. Schroeder

Many of the oil and gas platforms off California harbor high densities of young-ofthe- year (YOY) fishes, primarily rockfishes (genus Sebastes).

Platform Science

oil platforms