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The influence of depth and a subsea pipeline on fish assemblages and commercially fished species

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  • Todd Bond
  • Julian C Partridge
  • Michael D Taylor
  • Tim F Cooper
  • Dianne L McLean

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Knowledge of marine ecosystems that grow and reside on and around subsea oil and gas infrastructure is required to understand impacts of this offshore industry on the marine environment and inform decommissioning decisions. This study used baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) to compare species richness, fish abundance and size along 42.3 km of subsea pipeline and in adjacent areas of varying habitats. The pipeline is laid in an onshore-offshore direction enabling surveys to encompass a range of depths from 9 m nearshore out to 140 m depth offshore. Surveys off the pipeline were performed across this depth range and in an array of natural habitats (sand, macroalgae, coral reef) between 1 km and 40 km distance from the pipeline. A total of 14,953 fish were observed comprising 240 species (131 on the pipeline and 225 off-pipeline) and 59 families (39 on the pipeline and 56 off-pipeline) and the length of 8,610 fish were measured. The fish assemblage on and off the pipeline was similar in depths of

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  • Todd Bond & Julian C Partridge & Michael D Taylor & Tim F Cooper & Dianne L McLean, 2018. "The influence of depth and a subsea pipeline on fish assemblages and commercially fished species," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-33, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0207703
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207703
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