Oil platforms off California are among the most productive marine fish habitats globally

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 15462-15467

  Claisse, Jeremy T ^a   Pondella, Daniel J ^a   Love, Milton ^b   Zahn, Laurel A ^a   Williams, Chelsea M ^a   Williams, Jonathan P ^a   Bull, Ann S ^c  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of Migratory Birds and Habitat Programs Pacific Region US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Ecosystem based management; Energy technology; Sebastes; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

OIL; SURFACE WATER; SEA WATER;

ADULT; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEMERSAL FISH; ENERGY YIELD; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; GAS; HABITAT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OIL AND GAS FIELD;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84908301703     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411477111     Document Type: Article

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