More fish, or just more fish in one place?

An in-depth study of artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico seeks to settle a long-running debate about these structures -- do they increase marine life or merely concentrate it? Read more about it in my piece for the June issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine.

Studying artificial reefs off the Texas coast

My latest post on Scientific American's Expeditions Blog about work by Harte Research Institute scientists to document the importance of artificial reefs.

Counting fish around artificial reefs

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (try saying that ten times, fast) is in the middle of a two-year study to analyze marine life around artificial reefs off the Texas coast. I've been following their work and blogging about it for Scientific American. After a long break for winter (or the sorry excuse for it that we had in Texas), they're back at work. Read my latest post here.

Artificial Reef Study

My second post about the Harte Research Institute's study on artificial reefs, for Scientific American's Expeditions Blog.