TY - BOOK ID - 78045924 TI - Vertical reefs PY - 2015 SN - 1623493129 9781623493127 9781623493110 1623493110 PB - College Station DB - UniCat KW - Marine ecology KW - Continental shelf KW - Artificial reefs KW - Drilling platforms KW - Fish habitat improvement KW - Fisheries KW - Fishing KW - Reefs KW - Biological oceanography KW - Marine ecosystems KW - Ocean KW - Aquatic ecology KW - Marine drilling platforms KW - Ocean drilling platforms KW - Oil drilling platforms KW - Oil platforms KW - Platforms, Drilling KW - Spar platforms KW - Offshore oil industry KW - Offshore structures KW - Oil well drilling rigs KW - Environmental aspects KW - Ecology KW - Equipment and supplies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78045924 AB - On a clear night, the bright lights of oil platforms sparkle in the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of these platforms off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana play an important role in the lives of underwater species who find food, shelter, and permanent homes in the ecosystem created by these big, three-dimensional structures standing on the flat sea floor. They may also play lesser-known roles "above the waves" in the migration of birds and even insects. Tapping into years of diving experience, marine biologist Mary Wicksten looks at the inhabitants and visitors of these "vertical reefs", explaining ER -