%0 Journal Article %A Azhdari, H. %A Mohd Ibrahim, %A Aziz Arshad, %A Shamarina Shohaimi, %A Ajdari, Z. %A Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim, %T The effect of artificial reefs on fish assemblage versus natural sites in the Bandar Lengeh-Iran %J Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences %V 11 %N 1 %U http://jifro.ir/article-1-438-en.html %R %D 2012 %K Artificial Reef, Reef attraction, Comparative fish attraction, Reef fishery, Fish assemblage, Persian Gulf, %X   Artificial reefs are used to compensate the destruction of marine ecosystems. In the present study, the effects of artificial reefs were compared to natural sites. For this purpose, five treatments including four different forms (Reef ball (R), Laneh Mahi (L), used materials (U) and R+L+U) of artificial reefs and one control were established. The reefs were deployed at Bandar Lengeh, the Persian Gulf. At each site, the fish sampling were carried out every three months for one year. According to data, significant differences (p %> http://jifro.ir/article-1-438-en.pdf %P 1-12 %& 1 %! %9 Orginal research papers %L A-10-1-132 %+ %G eng %@ 1562-2916 %[ 2012