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Substrate Addition - Artificial reef — , Bahrain

OPP-YX61ZDpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-YX61ZD

Completed (successful/maintained)

Published as: Reef Arabia Rehabilitation Project | Technique: Substrate Addition - Artificial reef | Disturbance addressed: yes | Method: Deploying large, prefabricated cement structures to the seafloor to re-create habitat for repopulation by marine community | Authors' conclusion: The fish are coming back in all types and colors. The coral reef is flourishing again. The fishermen are benefiting. And the dive sites are amazing to visit again. | 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.

Goal

Accelerate reef recovery post-disturbance

Team

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Recorded result

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