TY - JOUR
T1 - Fine-scale monitoring of fish movements and multiple environmental parameters around a decommissioned offshore oil platform
T2 - A pilot study in the North Sea
AU - Fujii, Toyonobu
AU - Jamieson, Alan J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank OSPAR for providing data for offshore structures in the North Sea, and Imants G. Priede (University of Aberdeen), Stewart Chalmers (University of Aberdeen), John Polanski (University of Aberdeen), Thomas O’Donoghue (University of Aberdeen), and Michelle Horsfield (BP), Anne Walls (BP), Peter Evans (BP), Alwyn Mcleary (BP) and all the crew members of the Miller platform for invaluable advice and support in conducting this research project. This work was coordinated by Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen and supported by the BP Fellowship in Applied Fisheries Programme.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - A new underwater monitoring system was constructed using time-lapse photography and a suite of oceanographic instruments to characterise the dynamic relationships between changing environmental conditions, biological activities and the physical presence of offshore infrastructure. This article reports the results from a pilot study on fine-scale monitoring of fish movements in relation to changes in multiple environmental parameters observed at an offshore oil platform in the North Sea. Temporal changes in the number of saithe Pollachius virens were readily observed with a strong indication of diurnal rhythm of vertical movements. Key environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, currents, tidal cycle, illumination, chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen also varied spatially (i.e. different depths) and/or temporally. If the monitoring system is to be deployed systematically at multiple offshore locations for longer duration as appropriately controlled experiments, this approach may greatly help understand the influence of redundant offshore man-made structures on the marine ecosystem.
AB - A new underwater monitoring system was constructed using time-lapse photography and a suite of oceanographic instruments to characterise the dynamic relationships between changing environmental conditions, biological activities and the physical presence of offshore infrastructure. This article reports the results from a pilot study on fine-scale monitoring of fish movements in relation to changes in multiple environmental parameters observed at an offshore oil platform in the North Sea. Temporal changes in the number of saithe Pollachius virens were readily observed with a strong indication of diurnal rhythm of vertical movements. Key environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, currents, tidal cycle, illumination, chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen also varied spatially (i.e. different depths) and/or temporally. If the monitoring system is to be deployed systematically at multiple offshore locations for longer duration as appropriately controlled experiments, this approach may greatly help understand the influence of redundant offshore man-made structures on the marine ecosystem.
KW - Artificial reefs
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - Fish movement
KW - North Sea
KW - Offshore oil/gas platforms
KW - Underwater observatory
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.09.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993945027
VL - 126
SP - 481
EP - 487
JO - Ocean Engineering
JF - Ocean Engineering
SN - 0029-8018
ER -
