HI24B:
Offshore Energy Issues: Connectivity and Habitat Consequences of Rigs-to-Reefs Programs Posters


Session ID#: 9385

Session Description:
Worldwide, thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms will soon cease energy production. Instead of complete removal, rigs-to-reefs (RTR) programs that permit at least a portion of decommissioned platforms to remain in the ocean are now being considered by a number of different countries. Understanding the potential environmental effects of novel habitat created by offshore oil and gas platforms is an important information need for managers when considering RTR proposals. This situation presents a timely opportunity for marine science to inform policy decisions at an international level. As de facto artificial reefs, platforms may change species composition and abundance or biological productivity of an area. When interacting with flow fields and the distribution of natural reefs, these structures may alter population connectivity at local or regional scales. This session will provide a forum to (1) describe tools for measuring artificial reef performance (e.g. comparative demographic rates with natural reefs) or analyzing connectivity (e.g. ocean modeling of propagule dispersal, genetic analyses, tagging studies), (2) elucidate potential outcomes from either altered connectivity (e.g. facilitate non-native species colonization) or from the creation of an artificial reef complex (e.g. affect fishing effort), and (3) identify data gaps in any of these areas.
Primary Chair:  Susan Zaleski, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States
Chair:  Donna M Schroeder, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States
Moderators:  Susan Zaleski1, Donna M Schroeder2, Herb Leedy3 and Douglas Peter3, (1)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States(2)U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States(3)Department of Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, New Orleans, LA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Susan Zaleski, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
Index Terms:

4512 Currents [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4858 Population dynamics and ecology [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation
  • P - Policy

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
HI24B-1779
An Overview of Coral Community Development on Offshore Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (87158)
Paul W Sammarco, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA, United States
 
HI24B-1780
Distribution, Abundance, and Potential Larval Connectivity of the Non-Native Bryozoan Watersipora on Offshore Oil Platforms and Natural Reefs (89674)
Mark Page1, Susan Zaleski2, Rachel D Simons3, Robert J. Miller4, Jenifer Dugan5, Brandon Doheny1 and Donna M Schroeder6, (1)Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States, (3)Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (5)University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (6)U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States
 
HI24B-1781
The Role of Disturbance, Larval Supply, and Native Community on the Establishment of a Non-Native Species on Oil Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel (89793)
Sloane Viola1, Mark Page1, Robert J. Miller2, Susan Zaleski3, Brandon Doheny1, Jenifer Dugan1 and Donna M Schroeder4, (1)University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States
 
HI24B-1783
Historical Population Estimates For Several Fish Species At Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the US Gulf of Mexico (89853)
Gregg Gitschlag, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston, TX, United States
 
HI24B-1784
Potential Fish Production Impacts from Partial Removal of Decommissioned Oil and Gas Platforms off the Coast of California (90406)
Jeremy Claisse1,2, Dan Pondella2, Milton Love3, Laurel Zahn4, Chelsea Williams2 and Ann Scarborough Bull5, (1)California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Biological Sciences, Pomona, CA, United States, (2)Occidental College, Vantuna Research Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
 
HI24B-1785
The Ecology and Feeding Habits of Fish Assemblages Closely Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in the North Sea (91386)
Toyonobu Fujii, University of Aberdeen, Oceanlab, School of Biological Sciences, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
 
HI24B-1786
Regional Patterns in Invertebrate Assemblages on Offshore Oil Platforms Along the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (91862)
Susan Zaleski, Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States, Henry Mark Page, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Robert J. Miller, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Brandon Doheny, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Jenifer Dugan, University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Donna M Schroeder, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States
 
HI24B-1787
An Overview of Potential Ecological Consequences of Habitat Modification from Offshore Energy Structures (92293)
Donna M Schroeder, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, CA, United States and Ann Scarborough Bull, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
 
HI24B-1791
Oil Platforms off California are among the Most Productive Marine Fish Habitats Globally (93084)
Dan Pondella1, Jeremy Claisse1, Milton Love2, Laurel Zahn3, Jonathan P. Williams1, Chelsea Williams1 and Ann Scarborough Bull4, (1)Occidental College, Vantuna Research Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
 
HI24B-1792
Water Quality Monitoring of Texas Offshore Artificial Reefs (93827)
Lee Bodkin and Michael Lee, United States Geological Survey, Central region - Water, Shenandoah, TX, United States
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