Material matters: artificial substrate composition and biofilm presence influence larval settlement of Diadema antillarum

Material matters: artificial substrate composition and biofilm presence influence larval settlement of Diadema antillarum

Caribbean coral reefs are in rapid decline and artificial reefs are increasingly often deployed to restore lost three-dimensional structure. The majority of artificial reefs and other marine infrastructure is built from concrete, with Ordinary Portland Cement (CEM I) as the most important ingredient...

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Main Authors: Johanna Catharina Rippen, Tom Wijers, Charlotte Geerte Elisabeth Van Bruggen, Marc Antoun, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Alwin Hylkema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
long-spined sea urchin
larval settlement
hard substrates
concrete
biofilm
coral reef
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1596378/full
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