TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wicksten,Mary K.
TI  - Vertical reefs: life on oil and gas platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico 
T2  - Gulf Coast books
SN  - 9781623493127
AV  - QH545 .V478 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Drilling platforms
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Mexico, Gulf of
KW  - Marine ecology
KW  - Artificial reefs
KW  - Continental shelf
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
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