Functional role of fouling community on an artificial reef at the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Functional role of fouling community on an artificial reef at the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

The northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State lacks natural consolidate substrates, making it a proper environment to the development of researches using artificial structures. After studies about the type of substrate, concrete seems to be the most appropriate for studying fouling community developmen...

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Main Authors: Werther Krohling, Daniel Shimada Brotto, Ilana Rosental Zalmon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Subjects:
Recife artificial
Bioincrustação
Peixes recifais
Censo visual
Complexidade estrutural
Nível trófico
Artificial reef
Biofouling
Reef fish
Visual census
Structural complexity
Trophic level
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