Coastal and marine urbanization have caused the sprawl of a variety of marine
infrastructures, primarily built with artificial materials. We conducted a systematic review and …

In the marine environment, greening of grey infrastructure (GGI) is a rapidly growing field
that attempts to encourage native marine life to colonise marine artificial structures to …

Maritime built heritage (eg, historic seawalls) represents an important component of coastal
infrastructure around the world. Despite this, the ecological communities supported by these …

Habitat complexity is widely considered an important determinant of biodiversity, and
enhancing complexity can play a key role in restoring degraded habitats. However, the …

Port areas are subjected to multiple anthropic pressures that directly impact residing marine
communities and deprive them of most of their essential ecological functions. Several global …

The diversity‐habitat complexity relationship has been utilised widely in conservation and
biodiversity enhancement interventions, but few studies have attempted to tease apart the …

The need to support life in degraded landscapes is a pressing challenge of our time. Models
from ecology, computing, architecture, and engineering can support the design and …

The aim of this investigation was to assess the differences in terms of α-diversity, species
composition and trophic structure between peracarid assemblages inhabiting artificial hard …

Ecological rehabilitation of seawalls requires a good understanding of the underlying
community structure, which is still poorly known in the tropics where coastal urbanization is …

Representing an important component of coastal infrastructure in the UK and around the
world, historic maritime structures with a traditional block-masonry design (eg historic …