This report, commissioned by the Minerals Management Service, discusses multibeam surveys that imaged the shell mounds around a number of platforms in southern California.
From Conclusions: "In contrast to natural reefs, shell mounds in both shallow and deepwater are dominated by predatory and scavenging taxa, especially asteroid echinoderms, and except for the anemone Metridium farcimen, large structure-forming
Wolfson, A., G. VanBlaricom, N. Davis, and G. S. Lewbel
Our research at Union Oil Platform EVA, off Huntington Beach, California, USA, was aimed at understanding how man-made offshore structures function as artificial reefs and how they modify the surrounding marine environment Underwater surveys were condu
Phillips, C. R., M. H. Salazar, S. M. Salazar, and B. J. Snyder
Remobilization, bioavailability, and potential toxicity of chemical contaminants were evaluated at the 4H shell mounds – the site of abandoned offshore oil and gas production platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel region of the Southern California Bigh
Manoukian, S., A. Spagnolo, G. Scarcella, E. Punzo, R. Angelini, and G. Fabi
The macrozoobenthos living around two offshore gas platforms, Barbara NW (pB) and Calipso (pC) located in the northwestern Adriatic Sea were investigated for three years after their construction to detect eventual effects due to the platforms.
Mussel shell mounds surround all offshore oil and gas platforms in California. These biotic reefs are formed when large clumps of mussels are dislodged from the superstructure.
This study (1975–1977) examines the effect of man-made structures on natural sand bottom communities in shallow water in San Diego County, southern California, USA.
