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Artificial Reef: Any manmade structure deposited or attached to the seafloor whether intentional or unintentional, which provides, or attempts to provide a substitute for some of the ecological services provided by natural reefs (e.g., shipwrecks, oil rigs, dumped construction debris, designed/purpose built modules).
Designed Artificial Reef: Any manmade structure purposely built and deployed with the intent of serving as an artificial reef (rather than repurposed).
Breakwater: A shallow submerged structure positioned in a nearshore high energy environment which absorbs some of the incoming wave energy, reducing the impact on the beach.
Mitigation: Human activity intended to compensate for damage done to an ecosystem by a natural or anthropogenic impact (e.g., hurricane, ship grounding, dredging, etc…).
Anthropogenic: Caused by human activity.
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Krumholz, J., Barber, T.R. (2011). Reef Balls. In: Hopley, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_246
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