Assessing the habitat value of oil and gas infrastructure for fish and other marine organisms

Project Member(s): Booth, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: National Energy Resources Australia (National Decommissioning Research Initiative Australia)
National Energy Resources Australia (National Decommissioning Research Initiative Australia)

Start year: 2020

Summary: Part of a larger project to understand the role of oil and gas offshore infrastructure on marnie biodiversity. Objective 1: How does epibenthic community diversity, cover and complexity and the diversity, abundance and size of fish (and other fauna) vary by O&G infrastructure type, region and depth. Objective 2: What is the habitat value of O&G infrastructure for important fishery species? Objective 3: How does marine life associated with O&G infrastructure compare to those in adjacent natural ecosystems?

FOR Codes: Environmental Sciences, Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources), Environment, Environmental management, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS, MINERAL RESOURCES (EXCL. ENERGY RESOURCES)

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