Presentation by Roger Herbert and Alice Hall to the 2017 Isle of Wight Recorders' Conference

1. Artificial Structures and
Ecological Enhancement
Dr Roger Herbert & Alice Hall
Bournemouth University

3. London Array Offshore Wind Farm
http://www.londonarray.com/

8. Chthamalus montagui
Perforatus perforatus
Melarhaphe neritoides
Gibbula umbilicalis

9. Austrominius modestus
Amphibalanus eburneus
Crassostrea gigas
Codium fragile subs. fragile

10. Ecological Enhancement
Integrating ecology with engineering
Multifunctional structures
Suitable habitat creation

11. Shelving the coast- Vertipools

12. March 2015 June 2015 December 2015
March 2016 June 2016 August 2016
Seasonal variation & succession

13. Seawall vs Vertipool
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• Lipophrys pholis
• Carcinus maenas
• Littorina littorea
• Idotea granulosa
• Cheatamorpha sp.
• Halurus sp.
• Ectocarpus sp
• Sargassum muticum
• Polysiphonia sp.

15. Natural pools vs Vertipools

16. Natural pools vs Vertipools
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Shore Pool Vertipool
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Functional groups
- Filter feeders
- Grazers
VP- Fucus spiralis
VP - Spirorbis spirorbis
NP- Mastocarpus stellatus
NP- Halopithys incurve

17. Disturbance through retrofitting
Ascophyllum nodosum
• Lower total abundance in disturbed areas

18. Artificial rock pools, Boscombe

19. June 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016

20. Species recorded in artificial pools

21. Tyre Pools, IOW
- Recycled materials

22. Species found inside the Tyrepools
Corella eumyota
Lipophrys pholis
Electra pilosa/
Membranipora membranacae
Littorina obtusataPatella vulgata
Molgula sp.

23. Increased habitat heterogeneity trial-
Runswick Bay, N Yorkshire
16mm

24. Increased habitat heterogeneity trial-
Boscombe
16mm 16mm
30mm
30mm

25. Maintenance

26. Contact Details:
rherbert@bournemouth.ac.uk
ahall@bournemouth.ac.uk
Twitter= @AHall_Marine