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Mahmoud, M.A.; Ammar, M.S.A.. |
A novel and cheep approach for building artificial reefs was designed in such a way that sediments in an area of high sedimentation rate will be utilized in building the artificial substrate with no further sediment accumulation afterwards. The model consists of several steel cylinders which are soldered together in such a way to form a reef flat, a gentle slope and a steep slope, with two layers of narrow opening meshes (a lower plastic and an upper metallic one). Within a short periode (3 months), a substrate layer of a total of ~ 1 cm was formed between the two meshes, this layer increased to ~2 cm after 9 months. Transplants of the three species Stylophora pistillata, Echinopora gemmacea and Montipora spongiosa grow better when the attaching surface is... |
Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Coral reefs; Artificial coral reefs; Transplantation; Substrate; Model; Sedimentation Sediment transport Artificial reefs. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1298 |
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Ammar, M.S.A.; Ghobashi, A.A.; Omran, M.A.; Shaaban, A.M.. |
Using Using SCUBA diving, surveying the coral reef communities at four sites, Red Sea Egypt was done. These sites are: Ras El Behar (polluted by petroleum oil), El-Hamraween (impacted by phosphate shipping), Shabrour Umm Gam’ar (harmed by recreational activities and has been suffering from the outbreak of Acanthaster planci during 1998) and Kalawy (a control site). The skeletal growth of the coral Stylophora pistillata was promoted greatly at the expense of other corals, in presence of chronic oil pollution (Ras El-Behar). In contrast, this species was completely suppressed in presence of phosphate and sulphur enrichment. Petroleum oil led to coral scarcity, space monopolization by one coral and increased sea urchins and algae. Coral reefs enriched with... |
Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Field Study; Coral reefs; Hydrocarbons; Phosphates; Coral reefs; Hydrocarbons; Phosphates; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1880; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3719; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35986. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1909 |
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