Sentences with phrase «as an artificial reef which»

The breakwater serves as an artificial reef which provides a habitat to a wide variety of marine species.

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Regardless of construction method, artificial reefs are generally designed to provide hard surfaces to which algae and invertebrates such as barnacles, corals, and oysters attach; the accumulation of attached marine life in turn provides intricate structure and food for assemblages of fish.

The paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, examines artificial coral reefs as «recreational ecosystem services,» offering a new methodology to evaluate the aesthetic, behavioral and attitudinal aspects of which artificial reefs around the world can be evaluated.

Among the signature dives accessed from Dunbar Rock is the wreck of the 240 - foot Jado Trader, which is regarded as the premier artificial reef in the Bay Islands.

Artificial reef construction by means of mineral accretion, also known as «third generation» artificial reef systems, is a novel technology which uses electricity to «grow» limestone rock on artificial frames and increase growth rates of corals and other reef organisms.