Interstitial Space and Trapped Sediment Drive Benthic Communities in Artificial Shell and Rock Reefs
Enhancing habitat complexity and thereby biodiversity is a main motivation for the creation of artificial reefs in the marine and coastal environment. Uncertainty remains, however, regarding which types of reef best deliver this aim, and how material properties impact faunal communities. The objecti...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00288/full |