Artificial Reef Evaluation: With Application to Natural Marine Habitats

ISBN-13: 9780367398842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 260 str.

William Seaman

Opis

Combining the disciplines of engineering, economics, biology, and statistics, this is a comprehensive guide to the methods used to evaluate how well artificial reefs in coastal and oceanic waters meet their objectives. It covers everything from the design of reef studies and multi-disciplinary methods of investigation, to data analysis and examples of applying the methods to reefs built for different purposes. The methods examined in this book apply to other benthic marine habitats, such as coral reefs or “live bottoms”, thus expanding the book’s relevance to a wider audience and enhancing research efforts in the field of artificial habitat technology.

Spis treści

Purposes and Practices of Artificial Reef Evaluation. Study Design and Data Analysis Issues. Physical Characteristics and Engineering at Reef Sites. Evaluation Methods for Trophic Resource Factors: Nutrients, Primary Production and Associated Assemblages. Fish and Macroinvertebrate Evaluation Methods. Social and Economic Valuation Methods. Integrating Evaluation Into Reef Project Planning. Index.

O autorze

William Seaman