Marine Research & Publications

We conduct research with universities around the world, and use these connections and relationships in the academic world to strengthen our scientific understanding of the issues that face our oceans. A few of our publications are listed below:

Everett, A., S. T. Szedlmayer, B. J. Gallaway. 2020. Movement patterns of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus based on acoustic telemetry around oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 649, 155-173.

Gonzales, C., Hazelwood, E., and Sparks, A. 2020. Overview of Rigs to Reefs: Legislation in California and the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana State University Journal of Energy Law and Resources, 2 (8).

Fowler, Ashley M., Jørgensen, A., Svendsen, J.C., Macreadie, P.I., Jones, D.O.B., Boon, A.R., Booth, D.J., Brabant, R., Emily Callahan (Hazelwood), Claisse, J.T., Dahlgren, T.G., Degraer, S., Dokken, Q.R., Gill, A.B., Johns, D.G., Leewis, R.J., Lindeboom, H.J., Linden, O., May, R., Murk, A.J., Ottersen, G., Schroeder, D.M., Shastri, S.M., Teilmann, J., Todd, V., Van Hoey, G., Vanaverbeke, J., and Coolen, J.W.P. 2018. Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi: 10.1002/fee.1827

Callahan (Hazelwood), E., Jackson, A. Rigs to reefs: exploring the future of California’s offshore oil and gas platforms. 2015. Decommissioning of Offshore Subsea Structures, June 2015. ASRANet ISO 9001:2008. Glasgow, Scotland.

Additional Resources

Love, Milton S., Clark, Scott, McCrea, Merit, Seeto, Katelin, Jainese, Conner, et al. (2021) “The Role of Oil and Gas Conductors as Fish Habitat at Two Southern California Offshore Platforms” Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences, 119(3) :68-77

Meyer-Gutbrod, E. L., M. S. Love, D. M. Schroeder, J. T. Claisse, L. Kui, and R. J. Miller (2020) “Forecasting the legacy of offshore oil and gas platforms on fish community structure and productivity” Ecological Applications 00(00):e02185. 10.1002/eap.2185

Claisse, Jeremy T., Pondella, Daniel J., Love, Milton, Zahn, Laurel A., Williams, Chelsea M., Bull, Ann S. (2015) “Impacts from Partial Removal of Decommissioned Oil and Gas Platforms on Fish Biomass and Production on the Remaining Platform Structure and Surrounding Shell Mounds”. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135812. 

Jeremy T. Claisse, Pondella, Daniel J.,  Love, Milton, Zahna, Laurel A., Williams, Chelsea M., Williams, Jonathan, P., Bull, Ann S. (2014) “Oil platforms off California are among the most productive marine fish habitats globally”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Helvey, M. (2002) “Are southern California oil and gas platforms essential fish habitat?”. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59: S266–S271.

Holbrook, Sally J., Ambrose, Richard F., Botsford, Louis, Carr, Mark H., Raimondi, Peter T., Tegner, Mia J. (2000) “Ecological Issues Related to Decommissioning of California’s Offshore Production Platforms”. Report to the University of California Marine Council by The Select Scientific Advisory Committee on Decommissioning University of California. 

Macreadie, Peter, Fowler, Ashley M., Booth, David J. (2011) “Rigs-to-reefs: will the deep sea benefit from artificial habitat?”. Front Ecol Environ 2011; 9(8): 455–461

Schroeder, Donna M., Love, Milton S. (2004) “Ecological and political issues surrounding decommissioning of offshore oil facilities in the Southern California Bight”. Ocean & Coastal Management 47 21–48.

“Shell Mounds Environmental Review Volume 1 Final Technical Report” (2001) L.A. de Wit, Consultant. Prepared for the California State Lands Commission and the California Coastal Commission.