Exploration and research of northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard-bottom habitats with emphasis on coral communities, interim report : reefs, rigs, and wrecks, "Lophelia II" / James M. Brooks, Charles Fisher, Erik Cordes, Harry Roberts, Iliana Baums, Bernie Bernard, Sandra Brooke, Robert Church, Amanda Demopoulos, Peter Etnoyer, Chris German, Elizabeth Goehring, Christina Kellogg, Ian MacDonald, Cheryl Morrison, Martha Nizinski, Steve Ross, Tim Shank, Dan Warren, Susan Welsh, Gary Wolff.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Brooks, J. M. (James M.), author.

Contributor:

United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, issuing body.

TDI-Brooks International, Inc.

Series:

OCS study ; BOEM 2012-106.

OCS study ; BOEM 2012-106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--America, Gulf of.

Shipwrecks.

Coral communities--America, Gulf of.

Coral communities.

Ocean bottom ecology--America, Gulf of.

Ocean bottom ecology.

America, Gulf of--Discovery and exploration.

America, Gulf of.

Discoveries in geography.

Gulf of America.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 126 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Other Title:

Reefs, rigs, and wrecks, "Lophelia II"

Interim report

Place of Publication:

New Orleans, LA : U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 2013.

Summary:

Over the last half century, offshore exploration for hydrocarbons in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has advanced from the bay and inner shelf to the continental slope/continental rise transition. Geophysical and geotechnical data collected in support of both exploration and production have been largely responsible for the foundation of our present understanding of slope geology. This database emphasizes the extremely complex geological framework of the northern GoM's continental slope and the surprisingly important role that the expulsion of subsurface fluids and gases has in shaping surficial geology and biology of the modern seafloor. In the GoM, deep-water corals are commonly found on seep-related authigenic carbonates, but have also been observed on anthropogenic structures, ship wrecks and oil platforms in particular. The most common species of reef-forming deep-water coral in the GoM is Lophelia pertusa (=prolifera). A primary goal of this study is to obtain a robust predictive capability for the occurrence of rich cnidarian (primarily scleractinian coral) hard ground communities in the deep GoM. Upon meeting our objectives, we will have obtained an understanding of the biology and biogeography of Lophelia in the GoM that will result in a quantum increase in our ability to predict the occurrence of Lophelia at additional sites, based on data such as bathymetry, current models, 3D seismic profiles, and known occurrence of source populations.

Contents:

Introduction

Cruise overviews

Oil platform ROV survey

Site selection

Site exploration results overview : macrobiology

Animal distributions at Basin scale

Coral community ecology

Associated studies

Archaeology.

Notes:

"March 2013."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (BOEM, viewed June 19, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Brooks, J. M. (James M.) Exploration and research of northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard-botton habitats with emphasis on coral communities

OCLC:

990281312