Browsing Faculty Work (AUS Sustainability) by Author "752d4717-966b-4716-b05d-06eca8ee0646"
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Artificial marine habitats in the Arabian Gulf: Review of current use, benefits and management implications
Feary, David; Burt, John; Bartholomew, Aaron (2011-10)The use of artificial reefs in the Arabian Gulf have a history extending back over a century, when date palm trunks, stones, pottery and other materials were sunk in coastal areas to enhance fish catch. Historically, such ... -
Benthic development on large-scale engineered reefs: a comparison of communities among breakwaters of different age and natural reefs
Burt, John; Bartholomew, Aaron; Sale, Peter (2011-02)Breakwaters represent large-scale engineered artificial reefs that can develop diverse and abundant communities and are likely to play an increasing role in marine ecosystems as human populations grow in coastal urban ... -
Both decreasing interstructural space size and increasing total cover increase shrimp abundance on artificial structures deployed in a UAE seagrass bed
Bartholomew, Aaron; Burt, John (Taylor & Francis, 2015-01)We tested whether total cover and interstructural space size affect the abundances of mobile fauna colonizing small artificial structures deployed in a seagrass bed near Dubai, UAE, during May and September 2011. There ... -
Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Gulf coral reef ecosystems
Feary, David; Burt, John; Bauman, Andrew G.; Abdel-Moati, Mohamed A.; Al-Khalifa, Khalifa A.; Anderson, Donald M.; Amos, Carl; Baker, Andrew; Bartholomew, Aaron; Bento, Rita; Cavalcante, Geórgenes H.; Chen, Chaolun Allen; Coles, Steve L.; Dab, Koosha; Fowler, Ashley M.; George, David; Grandcourt, Edwin; Hill, Ross; John, David M.; Jones, David A.; Keshavmurthy, Shashank; Mahmoud, Huda; Tapeh, Mahdi Moradi Och; Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam; Naser, Humood; Pichon, Michel; Purkis, Sam; Riegl, Bernhard; Samimi-Namin, Kaveh; Sheppard, Charles; Samiei, Jahangir Vajed; Voolstra, Christian R.; Wiedenmann, Joerg (2013-07)Expert opinion was assessed to identify current knowledge gaps in determining future changes in Arabian/Persian Gulf (thereafter ‘Gulf’) coral reefs. Thirty-one participants submitted 71 research questions that were ...