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Artificial Reef Evaluation with Application to Natural Marine Habitats

Order Code: EIM001L
ISBN Number: 9780849390616
Publisher: CRC
No. of Pages: 264
Date of Publication: 2000

Price: £82.99


Beneath the coastal waters of the world, lie thousands of artificial reefs, mainly old and retired ships that once plied the oceans, but now serve as habitats for marine life. As the field of aquatic habitat grows, more and more "sunken treasures" are being deployed by the developing and industrial nations of the globe.

No longer are the investors of reef construction projects satisfied, documentation of their results is required. They want data to evaluate the performance of the reefs to answer economic, environmental and policy questions.

Artificial Reef Evaluation with Application to Natural Marine Habitats is a comprehensive guide to the methods used to evaluate and covers everything from the design of reef studies and multi-disciplinary methods of investigation, to data analysis and examples of applying the methods the reefs built for different purposes. Case studies of such procedures are included. It is the first volume to combine essential disciplines required for evaluation, including engineering, economics, biology and statistics.

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