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ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION-Conclusion: Habitat replacement increases flora-fauna diversity, abundance

01/22/2007
Habitat replacement areas used by Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC on the Gulf of Mexico seafloor have provided habitat for both the recruitment of sessile epifauna-epifora and use by a substantial demersal and commercially important fish community. Biotic cover has moved to these areas in a greater diversity and abundance than found in neighboring undisturbed areas. A greater diversity of fish also exists in the habitat replacement areas.Part 3 of this series (OGJ, Jan. 15, 2007, p. 60) evaluated the success of the habitat replacement sites in terms of both colonization by sessile epifauna, and habitat use by reef fishes. The article’s conclusion, presented here, offers a detailed...
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