The results presented here constitute part of a wide-ranging research project carried out between 1992 and 1994, aiming to investigate the effects of offshore AGIP hydrocarbon production activities on the abiotic and biotic environments of the Adriatic
From the Abstract: “The effect of recent drilling operations (fluid and well cuttings) on polychaete feeding guilds from the continental shelf off Atlantic City, New Jersey, was examined.
Kennicutt II, M. C., R. H. Green, P. Montagna, and P. F. Roscigno
From the Executive Summary: “The Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX): Phase I was designed to assess the nature and extent of chronic sublethal effects associated with the exposure of marine organisms to contaminants at th
Jenkins, K. D., S. Howe, B. M. Sanders, and C. Norwood
From the Abstract: “In the Santa Barbara Channel significant increases in the accumulation of Ba were found in sediments down current from the well site after drilling.
Hartley, J., R. Trueman, S. Anderson, J. Neff, K. Fucik, and P. Dano
From the Abstract: "This report on the food chain effects of drill cuttings piles summarises current knowledge on the geochemistry of the piles, the biological contaminants present and their effects on organisms and the likely risk of hazards to human
Trabucco, B., A. M. Cicero, M. Gabellini, C. Virno Lamberti, R. Di Mento, T. Bacci, G. Moltedo, P. Tomassetti, M. Panfili, V. Marusso, and M. Cornello
From the Abstract: "The soft bottom macrozoobenthic communities around an offshore platform (central Adriatic Sea) were investigated. The data were collected at different distances from platform during two different seasons.
Phillips, C. R., J. R. Payne, J. L. Lambach, G. H. Farmer, and R. R. Sims, Jr.
Hydrocarbons in sediments and hydrocarbons attd trace metals in tissues from Georges Bank were analyzed to evaluate potential changes to the benthic environment resulting from exploratory drilling operations.
Peterson, C. H., M. C. Kennicutt II, R. H. Green, P. Montagna, D. E. Harper Jr., E. N. Powell, and P. F. Roscigno
A synthesis of the literature on benthic responses to marine pollution suggests that macroinfaunal and meiofaunal
communities exhibit repeatable patterns of response to sedimentary contamination generally detectable at high taxonomic
Effects have been observed on the benthic fauna around the Beryl oil platform and preliminary statistical analysis would appear to indicate that the levels of persistent naphthalenes and the phenanthrene/anthracene group of compounds in the sediment ma
Meiofaunal and macroinfaunal communities around three gas platforms on the continental shelf (29–157 m water depths) in the Gulf of Mexico were assessed for sublethal or persistent effects of chronic exposure to contaminants associated with long-term p
