Artificial reefs as a conservation tool: biodiversity assessment and perspectives in SE Brazil

Artificial reefs (ARs) has been suggested as a possible tool for reef fish restoration and biodiversity rehabilitation. In Brazil, and since 1996, ARs has been implemented in the continental shelf between latitudes of 25.6-25.8 S. Underwater visual censuses (UVC) of fishes were conducted from 2010 t...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Soeth, André Pereira Cattani, Alberto Teodorico Correia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2015.03.00058/full