Where to go next

You can learn more about Artificial Reefs at these websites:

Artificial Reef - wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_reef

Artificial Reefs around the World - pretty pictures: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/04/artificial-reefs-around-the-world/100042/

Artificial Reefs - National Geographic: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/02/artificial-reefs/harrigan-text

Additional published articles on this research are available to download below. The correct citations are:

Mazzei, V. and P.D. Biber. 2015. Autotrophic net productivity patterns at four artificial reef sites in the Mississippi Sound. Hydrobiologia 749: 135-154.

A listing of the six Master's Thesis done at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory resulting from research on MS Artificial Reefs funded by the Coastal Impact Assessment Program (CIAP) are available to download below and from the USM libraries:

Amy Salamone. 2012. Fungal biofilm colonization and succession on artificial reefs in the North-central Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 50p.

Lynn Wilking. 2013. Assessing Respiration Rates And Nutrient Dynamics Of Artificial Reef Biofilms And Bacterioplankton In Mississippi Sound. M.S. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 156p.

Mazzei, Viviana. 2013. Primary Productivity On Artificial Reefs In The Mississippi Sound Estimated From Settlement Plate Measurements. M.S. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 128p.

Claire Matten. 2014. Resident Benthic Fishes of Artificial Reefs in the Mississippi Sound: Effects of Habitat Relief and Subregion. M.S. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 148p.

Brinton Barnes. 2014. Diets of Predatory Fishes in Relation to Reef Type and Seasonal Differences on Inshore Reefs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 70p.

Patrick Gillam. 2015. Community Structure and Production of the Macrobenthos on Four Artificial Reefs in the Mississippi Sound in relation to Substrate and Profile Type. M.S. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 67p.