Meta-population model as a function of large-scale distribution of breakwaters

Assessment of large scale effects of low crested breakwater alignments on the ecology and biodiversity.

Report on the development and implications of metapopulation structure of low crested structures as habitat patches for rocky shore organisms

The construction of artificial reefs in a sandy beach environment creates virgin habitat for rocky shore organisms. Earlier isolated patches of natural habitat may become connected via a chain of "stepping-stones" such that gene flow is pemitted and also the dynamics of some or all species is shifted from the original situation. Such a situation...

Identification of design features to maintain biodiversity of epibiota

In the report the epibiota colonising LCS and other coastal defence structures was for the first time characterised along several European shares, including UK, Italy, Spain and Dentnark. The composition and distribution of epibiotic communities on LCS described in relation to the position on the defence structures and other environmental...