Structure in the Sea
The Science, Technology and Effects of Purpose-Built Reefs and Related Surfaces
- 1st Edition - September 23, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: William Seaman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 4 2 5 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 5 8 2 - 0
Structure in the Sea: The Science, Technology and Effects of Purpose-Built Reefs and Related Surfaces provides a review of the history, development, status and emerging trend… Read more
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Request a sales quoteStructure in the Sea: The Science, Technology and Effects of Purpose-Built Reefs and Related Surfaces provides a review of the history, development, status and emerging trends in research, technology and applications of artificial reef habitats and sea floor structures. The book helps readers understand, utilize and add to the research of modern reef deployment efforts, presenting a guide to equip stakeholders requiring technical foundations and best practices. Topics include materials, designs and construction methods, along with the ecology of these structures, including key aspects of the life history of plants and animals associated with artificial reefs.
Rigorous research addressing ecological, economic and engineering questions, coupled with the innovative deployment of structures worldwide by diverse stakeholders, have created a synergy that makes the book a valuable synthesis and analysis for this growing subject. Thus, its broad audience includes marine (coastal and ocean) environmental sciences, including aquatic ecologists, those working in ocean sustainability and conservation, benthic habitat and coral reef restoration practitioners, and more.
- Presents a new perspective on how we might save natural wonders under threat
- Provides a representation of reefs, showing the economic and humanitarian value of these natural ecosystems
- Unlocks potentials for solutions for conservation by including global case studies
Marine (coastal and ocean) environmental sciences, environmental engineers and policy makers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Structure in the sea: a diversity of natural and human-made habitats
- 1.1. Structure in the sea: extensive, diverse, hidden
- 1.2. Human-made sea floor habitat structure: the many definitions of artificial reef
- 1.3. Building knowledge for the technology of primary structured reefs
- 1.4. Scales, centers, and periods of activity concerning human-made seafloor structures
- 1.5. Results at-a-glance: successes and shortcomings in deployment of purpose-built structure
- 1.6. Suspended fish attracting devices, “FADs”: a separate story, a cautionary tale?
- 1.7. Secondary structure and substrate: unintended reef effects
- 1.8. Building blocks
- Chapter 2. Scientific foundations for artificial reefs and related human-made sea floor structures
- 2.1. Sciences of natural hard-bottom benthic environments and reef ecosystems
- 2.2. Context and scope of research disciplines, milestones, and evolving priorities for the science and technology of human-made aquatic habitats
- 2.3. Questions asked, hypotheses and going beyond attraction-production debate
- 2.4. Importance of long-term datasets
- 2.5. Citizen science as a component of research on human-made habitats
- 2.6. Building blocks
- Chapter 3. Purposes and planning of human-made reef structure
- 3.1. Perspectives on human-made reef structures in the context of ecosystem services and connectivity
- 3.2. Purposes of human-made seafloor structure: annotated accounts
- 3.3. Planning to optimize intentional seafloor structure
- 3.4. Building blocks
- Chapter 4. Design, siting, engineering, construction, and evaluation of human-made reefs
- 4.1. Natural and human-made seascapes in context: scales, connections, and effects
- 4.2. The case for design of human-made ocean structures
- 4.3. Siting and location of seafloor human-made structure, from units to complexes
- 4.4. Appropriate and effective materials and fabrication of reef units
- 4.5. Design criteria and practices: form and function of purpose-built seafloor structure
- 4.6. From shore to sea: on-land and on-site construction and placement practices
- 4.7. Postconstruction monitoring and evaluation/assessment: compliance, efficacy, environment
- 4.8. Building blocks
- Chapter 5. Life at and around purpose-built reef and related undersea structures
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Human-made seafloor structure in an ecological context
- 5.3. Abiotic and biotic factors influence reef habitats and communities/assemblages
- 5.4. Life-sustaining resources, patterns, processes, and community phenomena at structure
- 5.5. Biomimicry and maturity at purpose-built reefs: two sides of the same coin?
- 5.6. Reef effects in the surrounding environment
- 5.7. Building blocks
- Chapter 6. Integration and roles of human-made structure in ocean resources management
- 6.1. Context: scope, issues, rationales, and approaches in ocean management
- 6.2. Marine resources, management, and the role and performance of human-made reefs
- 6.3. Building blocks
- Chapter 7. Secondary reefs: infrastructure as a growing component of ocean ecosystems
- 7.1. The worldwide expansion of marine infrastructure
- 7.2. Representative secondary structures and their reef effects
- 7.3. Trends for marine infrastructure design and management in ocean ecosystems
- 7.4. Building blocks
- Chapter 8. Human-made structure and seafloor habitat in a changing ocean
- 8.1. A changing planet
- 8.2. The changing ocean, past, present, and future: effects on seafloor ecosystems
- 8.3. Stakeholders, managers, and scientists respond to changing oceans: concerns and emerging solutions
- 8.4. From concepts to tools and application: a role for human-made structure in changing oceans?
- 8.5. Building Blocks
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 23, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 348
- No. of pages (eBook): 348
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128234259
- eBook ISBN: 9780128225820
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William Seaman
William Seaman is Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida and a founding member of its Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences program. Dr. Seaman’s research and technology transfer emphasis on coastal fishes, habitats and fisheries has contributed to developing the scientific basis for design of artificial reefs, their responsible use in fisheries and ecosystem management, and quantitative evaluation of their performance, worldwide. He has edited two widely used multi-disciplinary books on artificial habitats. He has advised several countries on artificial reef science and technology, most recently addressing mitigation strategies in Monaco (2018). Seaman was an invited organizer/lecturer for the European Union course “Design and Management of Artificial Reefs for Fisheries” and has been an invited speaker at nine international conferences since 2000. Seaman is an elected Fellow of the American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists, and a Certified Fisheries Scientist. He has held sabbatical appointments at the University of Hawaii and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.
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