Vertical reefs : life on oil and gas platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico /
Wicksten, Mary K.,
Vertical reefs : life on oil and gas platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico / Mary Katherine Wicksten. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource : color illustrations. - Gulf Coast books ; number forty-seven .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The why and where of drilling for oil and gas -- The leasing process -- Rigs and platforms -- Natural reefs and banks compared to the platforms -- How life arrives at the platforms -- Visitors above the waves -- Below the water -- Biological invasions and platforms -- Resident animals -- Seaweeds and the basis of the food chain -- Life on near-shore platforms -- Life on platforms of the outer continental shelf -- Life on blue-water platforms -- Deep life on platforms -- Life on platforms at night -- Large visiting animals -- Recreational use -- Fishing -- Diving -- The fate of platforms -- General resources.
9781623493127
Drilling platforms--Environmental aspects--Mexico, Gulf of.
Marine ecology--Mexico, Gulf of.
Artificial reefs--Mexico, Gulf of.
Continental shelf--Mexico, Gulf of.
Electronic Books.
QH545 / .V478 2015
Vertical reefs : life on oil and gas platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico / Mary Katherine Wicksten. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource : color illustrations. - Gulf Coast books ; number forty-seven .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The why and where of drilling for oil and gas -- The leasing process -- Rigs and platforms -- Natural reefs and banks compared to the platforms -- How life arrives at the platforms -- Visitors above the waves -- Below the water -- Biological invasions and platforms -- Resident animals -- Seaweeds and the basis of the food chain -- Life on near-shore platforms -- Life on platforms of the outer continental shelf -- Life on blue-water platforms -- Deep life on platforms -- Life on platforms at night -- Large visiting animals -- Recreational use -- Fishing -- Diving -- The fate of platforms -- General resources.
9781623493127
Drilling platforms--Environmental aspects--Mexico, Gulf of.
Marine ecology--Mexico, Gulf of.
Artificial reefs--Mexico, Gulf of.
Continental shelf--Mexico, Gulf of.
Electronic Books.
QH545 / .V478 2015