Offshore oil and gas platforms as novel ecosystems: A global perspective

S Van Elden, JJ Meeuwig, RJ Hobbs… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Offshore oil and gas platforms are found on continental shelves throughout the world's
oceans. Over the course of their decades-long life-spans, these platforms become …

Enhancing the scientific value of industry remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in our oceans

DL McLean, MJG Parsons, AR Gates… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are used extensively by the offshore oil and gas and
renewables industries for inspection, maintenance, and repair of their infrastructure. With …

The ecology of infrastructure decommissioning in the North Sea: what we need to know and how to achieve it

AM Fowler, AM Jørgensen, JWP Coolen… - ICES Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
As decommissioning of oil and gas (O&G) installations intensifies in the North Sea, and
worldwide, debate rages regarding the fate of these novel habitats and their associated …

Potential impacts of oil production platforms and their function as fish aggregating devices on the biology of highly migratory fish species

DJG Snodgrass, ES Orbesen, JF Walter… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2020 - Springer
This review documents the current state of knowledge and gaps therein, as determined
through a survey of published research on relevant topics, regarding the potential impacts of …

The influence of depth and a subsea pipeline on fish assemblages and commercially fished species

T Bond, JC Partridge, MD Taylor, TF Cooper… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Knowledge of marine ecosystems that grow and reside on and around subsea oil and gas
infrastructure is required to understand impacts of this offshore industry on the marine …

Structure size may affect fish density around oil platforms

JM Lawrence, MR Heath, DC Speirs… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms have been installed worldwide and are known
to act as artificial reefs. Many platforms are nearing the end of their operational lives and will …

Redefining provisioning in marine wildlife tourism

L Meyer, C Barry, G Araujo, A Barnett… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Wildlife tourism uses various stimuli to attract species and facilitate close encounters. Such
activities are often referred to as provisioning, however the term is used interchangeably …

A typology of North Sea oil and gas platforms

JM Lawrence, PG Fernandes - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Since the commercial exploitation of marine oil and gas reserves began in the middle of the
twentieth century, extensive networks of offshore infrastructure have been installed globally …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of fish following towed oil and gas platforms to a reefing site and rapid colonisation

MJ Marnane, KD Schramm, D Driessen… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the composition and abundance of fish assemblages associated with seven
offshore oil and gas platform jackets in the Gulf of Thailand before (pre-lift and pre-tow), and …

Characterisation of the biofouling community on a floating wave energy device

CR Nall, ML Schläppy, AJ Guerin - Biofouling, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Wave energy devices are novel structures in the marine environment and, as such, provide
a unique habitat for biofouling organisms. In this study, destructive scrape samples and …