Man-Made Structures as Artificial Reefs in the Gulf

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-186

  Burt, John A ^a   Bartholomew, Aaron ^b   Feary, David A ^c  

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

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic Community; Coral Community; Coral Cover; Fish Community; Reef Habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85199420343     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_10     Document Type: Chapter

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