Benthic development on large-scale engineered reefs: A comparison of communities among breakwaters of different age and natural reefs

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-198

  Burt, John ^a,d   Bartholomew, Aaron ^b   Sale, Peter F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c United Nations University International Network on Water   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Age; Benthos; Breakwater; Coastal defense; Coastal development; Persian Gulf; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGE; BENTHOS; COASTAL DEFENSE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; PERSIAN GULF; SUCCESSION;

BREAKWATERS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; MARINE ENGINEERING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REEFS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BENTHOS; BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; URBAN AREA;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 78751702978     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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