Substrate Addition - Artificial reef — Dubai

OPP-6QZ0JApermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-6QZ0JA

Published as: Coral recruitment and early benthic community development on several materials used in the construction of artificial reefs and breakwaters. | Technique: Substrate Addition - Artificial reef | Genera: n/a | Method: Comparison of coral recruitment between different materials commonly used in the construction of breakwaters and artificial reefs (concrete, gabbro, granite, sandstone, and terra-cotta). | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: Coral recruitment was highest at the Dubai Dry Dock breakwater, while recruitment was equally low at other sites. Gabbro had higher recruit densities than concrete and sandstone; sandstone had less coral recruits than terra-cotta. Higher community dissimilarity was observed among sites than among material. Overall, site-specific differences in recruitment patterns are more important in determining early benthic community structure and coral recruitment than differences among substrate material. | Lessons reported: Where coral recruitment is high, gabbro should be used preferentially over concrete or sandstone where it is feasible, but granite may be a suitable alternative where it is the dominant stone. | This record was compiled from a published source and has not been confirmed by the organisation that carried out the work. No contribution to the condition index is recorded: the source reports survival of transplanted material, which is not a measure of ecosystem condition.

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