Artificial reefs geographical location matters more than shape, age and depth for sessile invertebrate colonization in the Gulf of Lion (NorthWestern Mediterranean Sea)

Abstract

Artificial reefs geographical location matters more than shape, age and depth for sessile invertebrate colonization in the Gulf of Lion (NorthWestern Mediterranean Sea), Peer Community Journal, 2: e24.

A Report on the Artificial Reef Use in Grenada, West Indies

“…The placement of the Pyramids is in depths of 3-6.5 m, which is seemingly an adequate depth for successful coral recruitment and coral cover. Still other analyses suggest that the depth of artificial reef placement does not affect coral recruitment as much as placement along high coral dispersal areas [61].…”

Artificial reef footprint in the United States ocean

“…We hypothesize that, in some settings, constructed reefs may have an outsized effect on seascape ecology even with their relatively small footprint compared with other seascape habitats (see recent confirmation from ref. 58). There are several possible mechanisms that could explain this, including the vertically extensive nature of some introduced reefs, nature-inspired designs and strategic placement in habitat limited areas or in locations close to stakeholder access.…”

Link marine restoration to marine spatial planning through ecosystem‐based management to maximize ocean regeneration

“…fish, oysters, corals) have been shown to be more effective when networks of these sites are designed to optimize the maintenance of connections between areas and species populations and by considering distance, dispersal mechanisms, currents etc. (Blouet et al, 2022;Paxton et al, 2022;Swam et al, 2022). Similarly, coral reef restoration is most successful when corals are strategically outplanted in areas where their larvae dispersal targets a greater number of surrounding reefs, which increases bet-hedging and contributes to the replenishment of the ecosystem beyond the outplant site (Frys et al, 2020).…”