Microbial community shift on artificial biological reef structures (ABRs) deployed in the South China Sea.

ABSTRACT: Many Artificial Reefs (ARs) have been used worldwide for marine habitat and coral reef restoration. However, the microbial community structure that colonize the ARs and their progressive development have been seldom investigated. In this study, the successive development of the microbial communities on environmentally friendly Artificial Biological Reef structures (ABRs)^R made of special concrete supported with bioactive materials collected from marine algal sources were studied. Three seasons (spring, summer and autumn), three coral reef localities and control models (SCE) without bioactive material and (NCE) made of normal cement were compared. The structure of the microbial pattern exhibited successive shifts from the natural environment to the ABRs supported with bioactive m

SUBMITTER: Mohamed HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977770 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature