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Artificial reefs are an application of altered habitat complexity for human benefit. Artificial reefs change the local abundance and distribution of fishes and other organisms, thus enhancing resources for fisheries purposes and creating fishing and diving opportunities. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent and thousands of reefs built, particularly in Japan and the United States (Mottet, 1985; Grove and Sonu, 1985; Grove et al., 1989; Stone, 1985a and b).
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Bohnsack, J.A. (1991). Habitat structure and the design of artificial reefs. In: Bell, S.S., McCoy, E.D., Mushinsky, H.R. (eds) Habitat Structure. Population and Community Biology Series, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3076-9_20
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