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Bibliographic resource

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Book chapters

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AM

Title

Trends and obstacles in artificial reef research

Abstract

This study provides a review of the main published studies on artificial reefs to evaluate scientific trends, impacts and challenges for the development of artificial reef research. The review includes more than 620 studies published worldwide from 1962 to 2018. In general, publications on artificial reefs have focused on investigating the ability for artificial reefs to attract fishing resources and on constructing artificial reef structures with new materials. Artificial reef science has made significant advances in recent decades with the increased use of more elaborate construction methods and data analyses. Nevertheless, the field has encountered difficulties in minimizing the negative effects of some materials, filling gaps in socio-economic data, developing integrated management assessments and overcoming regional inequalities. There are promising opportunities to overcome these obstacles that depend on the development of inert materials, an increase in the number of long-term and large-scale studies, the regulation of an evaluation protocol, the development of conservation policies and investments in scientific dissemination. We hope that this systematic review can not only advance artificial reef science but also provide important information for overcoming obstacles to the future development of this topic.

Bibliographic citation

Lima, J.S.; Zalmon, I.R. (2020). Trends and obstacles in artificial reef research, in: Bortone, S.A. et al. Modern fisheries engineering: realizing a healthy and sustainable marine ecosystem. pp. 11-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429328039-3

Topic

Marine