【海底忙什麼EP5】鋼鐵礁附生生物 Steel Reef

【鋼鐵礁附生生物 Steel Reef】

地標潛點鋼鐵礁除了匯聚燕魚群，也提供很多固著生物生長的空間，鋼鐵礁上的生物多樣性和天然礁相比較並不遜色。

根據報導，位在水深的沈船和人工魚礁，其水溫較淺水天然礁石者低，當全球氣候變遷改變水溫，它們提供給淺水的魚庇護所。鋼鐵礁坐落水深 30 公尺處珊瑚礫石上，水溫綜融附生生物造成之複雜棲地，也許鋼鐵礁可以成為生物受海水升溫威脅時的庇護之處。

Steel Reef, the landmark dive spot, not only aggregates the schooling longfin
batfish, but also provides suitable growing space for a wide range of sessile organisms. Biodiversity on Steel Reef compares favorably with that on natural reefs.

It is reported that shipwrecks and artificial reefs sitting in deeper waters experience lower water temperatures than natural reefs in shallower waters do. They give fish some refuge as climate change alters temperatures. Steel Reef is deployed on coral gravel 30 meters depth of sea water.

The temperatures integrate increases of complex habitat coming from growth of sessile organisms dwelling on steel column. Steel Reef may
become the refuge while creatures are threatened by rising temperatures.