An approach to design spatial configuration of artificial reef ecosystem

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 217-226

  Lan, Chun Hsiung ^a,b   Chen, Chung Chiang ^a   Hsui, Che Yu ^a  

^a NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Nanya W Rd Sec 2 220 ROC ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial reef communities; Fractal dimension; Heuristic algorithm; Spatial configuration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COSTS; ECOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REEFS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF (AR); ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; HABITAT CREATION; MODEL; SPATIAL PLANNING;

EID: 4444219695     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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