Porto Recanati Porto Potenza Picena_artificial reef (Marche - Italy)

The artificial reef, made of concrete pyramids and poles, represents an oasis of hard substrates inhabited by a rich fauna of macroinvertebrates and fish typical of both soft and rocky bottoms. The presence of demersal reef-dwelling and partially reef-dwelling species (e.g., sparids, blennies, scorpionfish) absent or rare in the surrounding soft bottom habitat, as well as of sponges, nudibranchs and bryozoans makes the AR very attractive for divers and other users. Mussels settled on the hard substrates are of excellent quality and could be recognized with a quality brand. The ecosystem functions and services provided by the AR (maintenance of marine life, food provisioning, supporting of coastal communities) lead to an improvement of the local economy according to the principles of the Blue Growth.

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