Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities

DJ Watchorn, MA Cowan, DA Driscoll… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and degradation, and their interaction with other threats, are driving declines in
animal populations worldwide. One potential approach for mitigating these threats is to …

Nature-based and bioinspired solutions for coastal protection: an overview among key ecosystems and a promising pathway for new functional and sustainable …

V Perricone, M Mutalipassi, A Mele… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Coastal erosion is occurring at a faster rate than in the past. The adverse impacts are not
negligible at environmental, economic, and socio-cultural levels. Hence, coastal protection …

Complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine urban structures: reintroducing habitat heterogeneity through eco-engineering

MJ Bishop, ML Vozzo… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urbanization is leading to biodiversity loss through habitat homogenization. The smooth,
featureless surfaces of many marine urban structures support ecological communities, often …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity within and among co-occurring foundation species increases biodiversity

MS Thomsen, AH Altieri, C Angelini, MJ Bishop… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Habitat heterogeneity is considered a primary causal driver underpinning patterns of
diversity, yet the universal role of heterogeneity in structuring biodiversity is unclear due to a …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the transition from niche to dispersal assembly in ecology

LHL Loke, RA Chisholm - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A central goal in ecology is to understand what maintains species diversity in local
communities. Classic ecological theory, posits that niches dictate the maximum number of …

Making seawalls multifunctional: The positive effects of seeded bivalves and habitat structure on species diversity and filtration rates

ML Vozzo, M Mayer-Pinto, MJ Bishop… - Marine Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The marine environment is being increasingly modified by the construction of artificial
structures, the impacts of which may be mitigated through eco-engineering. To date, eco …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the effects of enclosure complexity and design on the behaviour and physiology of zoo animals

CS de Azevedo, CF Cipreste, CS Pizzutto, RJ Young - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Habitat complexity is important for the maintenance of high levels of
welfare for captive animals, especially at zoos. Generally, individuals who experience …

[HTML][HTML] Decommissioning research needs for offshore oil and gas infrastructure in Australia

J Melbourne-Thomas, KR Hayes, AJ Hobday… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
When offshore oil and gas infrastructure is no longer needed, it is either removed, partially
removed, left in place, or left in place but repurposed. These processes are collectively …

The elephant in the room: Introduced species also profit from refuge creation by artificial fish habitats

RPM Gauff, E Joubert, A Curd, A Carlier… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasingly, ecological rehabilitation is envisioned to mitigate and revert impacts of ocean
sprawl on coastal marine biodiversity. While in the past studies have demonstrated the …

Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns

S Bevilacqua, L Airoldi, E Ballesteros… - Advances in marine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global change is striking harder and faster in the Mediterranean Sea than elsewhere, where
high levels of human pressure and proneness to climate change interact in modifying the …