Vertical Reefs
Life on Oil and Gas Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
978-1-62349-311-0 Flexbound
7 x 10 x 0 in
116 pp. 112 color photos. 3 maps. 2 figs. Bib. Index.
Pub Date: 10/30/2015
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Tapping into years of diving experience, marine biologist Mary Wicksten looks at the inhabitants and visitors of these “vertical reefs”, explaining how life arrives on the platforms, what species settle and stay (like barnacles), and which ones visit then disappear (like silky sharks). She looks at how different life forms take up occupancy from the surface downward, and she shows how these communities vary on nearshore and deepwater platforms.
While most people may never experience the undersea world of oil platforms, this book will bring a better understanding of it to any teacher, beachgoer, angler, diver, or coastal resident who ever wondered what was going on beneath those far-off lights.
Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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