The northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contains approximately 2,500 oil and gas platforms, resulting in one of the largest de facto artificial reef systems in the world.
Volume 1: “The Pilot Study is an initial component of a larger possible field study designed to examine and evaluate variations in commercially important rocky-reef fishes in relation to natural environmental factors and to potential effects (either po
Harper, D. E. Jr., D. L. Potts, R. R. Salzer, R. J. Case, R. L. Jaschek, and C. M. Walker.
The assemblage of macrobenthic and meiobenthic invertebrates were investigated along transects radiating out from two oil platforms off the Texas coast.
The invertebrates and algae living on two oil platforms off Texas were investigated down to a depth of 21 m. One hundred and one species ofinvertebrates and 16 algal species were documented.
Our research demonstrates that macrozooplankton are an important dietary component of arelatively large predator [Caranx chrysos]. Direct consumption of zooplankton apparently bypasses the usual (.e., forage fish) trophic levels.
Huang, X. M., J. D. Yin, J. J. Liu, S. J. Peng, G. A. Zheng, S. G. Liu, X.Wang,
W. S. Liu, and J. Cai.
Accumulation of fouling organisms on the support legs of an oil platform seriously alters the hydrodynamic loading, which can cause heavy losses if it collapses during storms.
