Assessment of Wind Energy in the United States Gulf of Mexico Area as Power Supply for Offshore Oil Platforms

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Haces-Fernandez ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
David Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil

Potential invasion of the Gulf of Mexico by Protemblemaria punctata (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae), a cryptobenthic fish endemic to Venezuela

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Argüelles-Jiménez ◽  
Merari Contreras-Juarez ◽  
Eduardo Palacio Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Small Body ◽  
The Past ◽  
Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil Platforms ◽  
Viable Population ◽  
Body Sizes ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Offshore Oil

The movement of species to areas outside their native ranges has greatly intensified over the past few decades. However, detecting invasive species often requires detailed and regular surveys, especially for animals with small body sizes. A cryptobenthic fish endemic to the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, Protemblemaria punctata (Cervigón, 1966), is reported here from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, based on the collection of 8 specimens (5 males and 3 females) from Bajo Mersey, a coral reef in the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (PNSAV). The collected specimens were taken from sessile worm tubes that grew on PVC structures previously placed on the reef at a depth of 6 m. The number of P. punctata specimens we collected could indicate that the species has established a viable population on the reefs in the PNSAV. The colonization of P. punctata in the Gulf of Mexico waters may be due to the dispersal of individuals present on offshore oil platforms that are transported from Trinidad to Venezuela and the Gulf of Mexico.

Mixing Oil and Water: Naturalizing Offshore Oil Platforms in Gulf Coast Aquariums

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOLLY JØRGENSEN
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil

On 26 June 2010, the brand new Gulf of Mexico exhibit at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa opened devoid of life. The tanks were purposefully left empty, rather than showing the vibrant aquatic life of the Gulf, to highlight the oil spill associated with BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling incident earlier in 2010. According to the museum's press release, the museum wantedto open a Gulf exhibit recognizing the crisis that is happening on the Gulf Coast … The exhibit, without fish, now has the opportunity to make a bold statement related to the oil spill in the Gulf Coast by asking Museum & Aquarium visitors to imagine a lifeless Gulf.1

Biodiversity and Potential Use of Marine Macroalgae From the Offshore Oil Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 24-25
Author(s):  
J. M. Lopez-Bautista ◽  
S. Fredericq ◽  
R. L. Chapman ◽  
D. A. Waters
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Marine Macroalgae ◽  
Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil Platforms ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
Potential Use
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