In a study of the fouling communities of petroleum platforms near the Louisiana coast, scraped samples were collected by divers at depths from 1 to 30 m.
Yan, T., W. Yan, Y. Dong, H. Wang, Y. Yan, and G. H. Liang
Marine fouling on two offshore installations, one a buoy investigation station and the other a fixed oil platform, in the northern Beibu Gulf of China was investigated.
A biological survey was made following an uncontrolled gas flow at a gas well in the North Sea in May 1983. The survey indicates that no lethal and sublethal effects were detectable amongst the macrobenthic fauna living on the jacket of the platform.
Inspection videos of four offshore platforms in the central and northern North Sea were used to study the development of fouling communities on clamps and guides of oil export risers over an 11-y period (1989–2000).
A mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam.) dominated community represents the climax fouling assemblages on most structures and facilities in Italian seas and enclosed brackish environments.
The chapter deals with fouling communities on North Sea oil and gas platforms. It very briefly summarizes these communities, dividing them into three depth zones: surface, midwater, and deeper.
From the text: “The primary purposes of this study were : (1) to collect quantitative data for comparison of reef fish populations associated with natural hard bottom areas and offshore oil and gas structures and (2) to develop fish population sampling
