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Front Cover -- STRUCTURE IN THE SEA -- STRUCTURE IN THE SEA: THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EFFECTS OF PURPOSE-BUILT REEFS AND RELATED SURFACES -- Contents -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 - Structure in the sea: a diversity of natural and human-made habitats -- 1.1 Structure in the sea: extensive, diverse, hidden -- 1.1.1 Maritime footprints -- 1.1.2 Seafloor mapping and monitoring -- 1.1.3 Hard seafloor ecosystems -- 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 -- References -- Further reading -- 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 ... -- 2.2.1 International conference exchanges, foundations, and milestones -- 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 -- References -- Further reading -- 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.

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 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

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