Offshore platforms: comparison of five benthic indicators for assessing the macrozoobenthic stress levels

Spagnolo, A., E. Punzo, A. Santelli, G. Scarcella, F. Grati, and G. Fabi

Within the European Water Framework Directive, many studies have been conducted to evaluate the sensitivity/robustness of a variety of indices in relation to natural or anthropogenic disturbance events.

Assessment of some innate immune responses in dab (Limanda limanda L.) from the North Sea as part of an integrated biological effects monitoring

Skouras, A., T. Long, M. Vogach, D. Danischewski, W. Wosniok, J. P. Scharsack, and D. Steinhagen

The marine flatfish dab (Limanda limanda), which lives in direct contact with contaminated sediments, is frequently used as a sentinel species in international monitoring programmes on the biological effects of contaminants.

The utilization of cytochrome P4501A mRNA in Limanda limanda (Dab) as a monitor of chemical exposure in the North Sea

Renton, K. W.

Various components of the mixed function oxidase system in the livers of Limanda limanda (Dab) were utilized to monitor the extent of pollution in the German Bight area of the North Sea.

Contaminant exposures at the 4H shell mounds in the Santa Barbara Channel

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

Distinguishing between contaminant and reef effects on meiofauna near offshore hydrocarbon platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

Montagna, P. A., S. C. Jarvis, and M. C. Kennicutt II

Offshore hydrocarbon production effects are localized in the Gulf of Mexico extending only 200 m from platforms. Effects are caused by the contaminant gradient or the fouling community on platform legs.

Radiation dose and risk to recreational fishermen from ingestion of fish caught near eight oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

Meinhold, A. F. and S. Holtzman

Offshore production of oil and gas is accompanied by a saline wastewater, called produced water.

The flavour and chemical assessment of dabs (Limanda limanda) caught in the vicinity of platform

McGill, A. S., P. R. Mackie, P. Howgate, and J. G. McHenery

Dabs (Limanda limanda) caught in close proximity to the Beatrice Oil Platform have been assessed for the presence of an oil taint and chemically analysed for n-alkane and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.

The levels of hydrocarbons in water and sediments in selected areas of the North Sea, and the assessment of their biological effect.

Massie, L. C., A. P. Ward, J. S. Bell, H. A. Saltzmann, and P. R. Mackie

In the light of increasing oil exploration and production in the northern North Sea, the Brent, Beryl and Forties oil fields, representing three different types of operation, and a number of stations between the Forties field and the Firth of Forth, we

Offshore macrobenthic recovery in the Murchison field following termination of drill cuttings discharge.

Mair, J. McD., I. Matheson, and J. F. Appelbee

The effects of discharged drilling cuttings contaminated with oil-based drilling fluids on the macrobenthos surrounding several North Sea oil-production platforms have been well documented.

Depuration of Macondo (MC-252) oil found in heterotrophic scleractinian corals (Tubastrea coccinea and Tubastrea micranthus) on offshore oil/gas platforms in the Gulf

Kolian, S. R., S. Porter, P. W. Sammarco, and E. W. Cake Jr

The impetus for this study began on 8 May 2011, when we noted sporadic mortality of colonies of orange—cup corals, Tubastrea coccinea (Lesson, 1829), and green sun corals, Tubastrea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scl

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