Add-on studies to the current NFR Project 'Impact of water- based drilling mud: a study using the epibenthic coral species Lophelia pertusa

This study was made in the frame of an ongoing NFR project aiming at assessing the impact of drilling mud (DM) discharges from offshore O&G operations on the coldwater coral species Lophelia pertusa. Here, we have initiated developments and use of methodologies that could have a potential for application, at a later stage of their optimization, in field monitoring of coral health and hence for documenting the effects of drilling mud discharges