Artificial Reef Evaluation: With Application to Natural Marine Habitats / Edition 1

by William Seaman

Overview

Beneath the coastal waters of the world lie thousands of artificial reefs. Some are old and retired freighters and ships that once plied the oceans of the world but now serve as habitats for marine life. Others are newer reefs that have been designed and built for specific applications. With the field of aquatic habitat technology continually growing, this book responds to the global need for a compendium of consistent and reliable practices with which to evaluate how well artificial reefs meet their objectives.

Artificial Reef Evaluation With Application to Natural Marine Habitats is a comprehensive guide to the methods used to document the performance of artificial reefs in coastal and oceanic waters. It is the first volume to combine the essential disciplines required for proper evaluation, including engineering, economics, biology, and statistics.

This work covers the design of reef studies, multi-disciplinary methods of investigation, data analysis, and examples of applying the methods to reefs built for different purposes. Further, the methods examined in this book apply to other benthic marine habitats, such as coral reefs or “live bottoms”, thus expanding the book’s relevance to a wider audience and enhancing research efforts in the field of artificial habitat technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367398842
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/2019
Series:	CRC Marine Science
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

William Seaman

Table of Contents

Purposes and Practices of Artificial Reef Evaluation. Study Design and Data Analysis Issues. Physical Characteristics and Engineering at Reef Sites. Evaluation Methods for Trophic Resource Factors: Nutrients, Primary Production and Associated Assemblages. Fish and Macroinvertebrate Evaluation Methods. Social and Economic Valuation Methods. Integrating Evaluation Into Reef Project Planning. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Expanding upon a Florida Department of Environmental Protection project which developed guidelines for evaluating the ability of artificial reefs to enhance aquatic ecosystems, 16 global, multi- disciplinary contributors to seven chapters dive deeply into the study design, reef site characteristics and engineering, evaluation issues, and case studies, to incorporate success benchmarks into planning for diverse marine habitats. B&w illustrations show reefs created with natural and manufactured materials, and the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors affecting fishes and macroinvertebrates, and in turn, aquaculture, eco-tourism, and other applications. The aptly named Seaman is associate director of the Florida Sea Grant College Program at the U. of Florida, Gainesville. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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