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How complementary are epibenthic assemblages in artificial and nearby natural rocky reefs
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Although not acting as surrogates for NRs and provided that no adverse effects were detected, ARs may have a significant contribution for the increase of regional diversity, as evidenced by the highest complementarity levels observed between assemblages in both reefs.About:
This article is published in Marine Environmental Research.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Trophic level & Reef.read more
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Transition of artificial reefs (ARs) research and its prospects
TL;DR: More than one hundred and sixty studies on artificial reefs have been carried out over the past three decades as discussed by the authors, with a focus on variations in the community structure or composition of ARs, suggesting the purpose of AR research has shifted from improving fisheries as a resource to rehabilitation of marine ecosystems.
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Towards more sustainable coastal development in the Arabian Gulf: Opportunities for ecological engineering in an urbanized seascape.
John A. Burt,Aaron Bartholomew +1 more
TL;DR: Past coastal development in the Gulf is discussed, and advice is offered on how ecological engineering could be used to enhance the ecological benefits of coastal infrastructure, particularly by encouraging the colonization of juvenile corals and fishes.
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Please mind the gap – Visual census and cryptic biodiversity assessment at central Red Sea coral reefs
TL;DR: Establishing ARMS as a standard tool in reef monitoring will not only advance the understanding of local processes and ecological community response to environmental changes, as different faunal components will provide complementary information but also improve the estimates of biodiversity in coral reef benthic communities.
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Temporal variability of biodiversity patterns and trophic structure of estuarine macrobenthic assemblages along a gradient of metal contamination
D. Piló,Fábio Pereira,A. Carriço,João Cúrdia,Patrícia Pereira,Miguel B. Gaspar,Susana Carvalho +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the response of macrobenthic assemblages along a gradient of metal contamination using a combination of uni-and multivariate methods focusing on their composition, structure and function was investigated.
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Marine artificial reefs, a meta-analysis of their design, objectives and effectiveness
Baptiste Vivier,Jean-Claude Dauvin,Maxime Navon,Anne-Marie Rusig,Isabelle Mussio,Francis Orvain,Mohamed Boutouil,Pascal Claquin +7 more
TL;DR: The analyses presented here highlight the need to use a panel of complementary monitoring techniques, independently of the initial purpose of the artificial structures, to properly assess the impact of such structures on the local environment and recommend to adopt approaches that associate structural and functional ecology.
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