From the Abstract: “Since 1948 the plankton of the North Sea has been monitored at a depth of 10 m by the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey. Results for two large areas which encompass the Brent, Beryl and Forties oilfields are presented.
From the Abstract: “Between June 1972 and January 1974, twelve cruises were made to study photosynthetic rates and the standing crop of phytoplankton off the Louisiana coast.
This chapter uses a survey the waters, sediment, plankton, and benthic invertebrates of the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea as a way to demonstrate how long-term monitoring programs might be conducted.
From the Conclusions: “BLUMER et al. (1963, 1964) have reported the presence of pristane in relatively high concentrations in several copepods and have suggested that this compound has a role in the maintenance of buoyancy by these organisms.
Keenan, S. F., M. C. Benfield, R. F. Shaw, and H. L. Haas
The source of productivity that sustains the high numbers of fishes associated with petroleum
platforms remains a poorly understood question. Recent studies on the feeding ecology of blue
