Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• CHANG GEUN CHOI
• TAKEUCHI, Yashuo
• TERAWAKI, Toshinobu
• SERISAWA, Yukihiko
• OHNO, Masao
• CHUL HYUN SOHN

Titel

Ecology of seaweed beds on two types of artificial reef

Ist Teil von

• Journal of applied phycology, 2002-10, Vol.14 (5), p.343-349

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

SpringerLINK Contemporary (Konsortium Baden-Württemberg)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Artificial reefs for the development of valuable fishery resources were placed on sandy substrates at 8, 10 and 13 m depths in Muronohana, Ikata, Japan, and observed monthly or bimonthly from February 1999 to June 2001. Enteromorpha intestinalis and Colpomenia sinuosa were the primary dominants in spring. The number of seaweed species at all the sites gradually increased in winter. Each reef reached a climax stage of Sargassum spp., Ecklonia kurome and Padina arborescens within 18 months. Overall, 38 seaweed species were found during the study. The settlement of kelp, such as E. kurome, was promoted by reduced sand cover as a result of turbulence. Large-scale surface roughness could be important in maintaining the communities after initial establishment.