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Evaluating Fish Production and Ecosystem Impacts of Artificial Reefs
Results and Impacts of the First Decade of the Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program, pp.24-25
Zenodo
01/2024
Abstract
Excerpt - The project provided key baseline information about the shallow continental shelf environment in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. This area is poorly studied compared to other continental shelves such as the South Atlantic Bight. Colonization of benthic invertebrates increased secondary production. This in turn supports higher trophic levels, particularly the commercially important reef fishes such as snapper, triggerfish and sheepshead. Results from this work represent one of the few studies of primary production, biogeochemical cycling, and the implications to fisheries production in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. With the increasing deployment of artificial reefs in Florida, this provides key information for management of these habitats.
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- Title
- Evaluating Fish Production and Ecosystem Impacts of Artificial Reefs
- Publication Details
- Results and Impacts of the First Decade of the Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program, pp.24-25
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publisher
- Zenodo
- Format
- link
- Identifiers
- 99380505097306600
- Academic Unit
- Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering ; Biology; Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation
- Language
- English