… the barnacle zone in natural habitats and between 0.5 and 1.5 m above the base of artificial
habitats (above any potential sand scour). The bases of all artificial habitats included in this …

… habitats, particularly those of biogenic origin. We also discuss threats related to the addition
of artificial hard or rock-armoured substrata as a … It is also important to consider the regional …

… Both sets of artificial substrata were dominated by tubicolous … to the artificial substrata
deployed above the substratum showed … from adjacent habitats which is likely to be an important …

… species in coastal habitats, using North … to habitat, highlighting the relative importance of
hard substrata. We also examine the potential role of artificial (anthropogenic) hard substrata for …

… with artificial reefs not only provides suitable habitat for a … The physical modification of
habitats by organisms, such as … of solitary ascidians, provides important structure that acts to …

… Vegetated areas, which are important nursery habitats, are reduced and water turbidity …
artificial habitats may expand recruitment habitats for young fish. Thus, the spruce bundle habitat …

… on experimental artificial installations. We hypothesized that floating artificial habitats are
likely to … , different from those of structurally identical fixed habitats. We tested for differences in …

… artificial reefs (DARs) are constructed to incorporate features which will provide a viable habitat
for … Given the importance of substratum material and surface orientation to recruiting and …

… The time of colonization is important in regulating the performance of artificial substrata. …
substrata, we used a multiple regression in which temperature, trophy, habitat, and substratum …

… of benthic macroinvertebrates in similar habitats of lotic systems (Rosenberg & Resh, 1982;
Cairns & Pratt, 1993). An important disadvantage of artificial substratum samples is that the …