[extropy-chat] coral reefer madness

[Technotranscendence]

On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:35 PM spike spike66 at comcast.net wrote:
> My notion then is that if we created monsterously
> large artificial reefs, then the smaller fish could
> use them as fishy convention centers, breeding grounds,
> that sort of thing.  Then larger fish could hang out
> on the periphery, devouring the stray smaller fish,
> and still bigger fish could devour those, and so on.
> So my reasoning is that if there were massive artificial
> reefs, then the total mass of fish could be raised.

I know artificial reefs are often intentionally created by purposely
sinking old ships and barges in certain areas.

[snip]
> The second part of the idea is how to make the reefs:
> harvest some really big trees, take them out a short
> ways from the shore, put weights around the bases of the
> trunks, toss them overboard.  They come to a rest
> with the buoyant branches upward, which eventually get
> encrusted with coral, forming a nice artificial reef.

Sounds like a good idea.  Would the trees last long enough to become
encrusted?  I guess it would depend on wave action, water temperature,
and such.

Later!

Dan
http://uweb1.superlink.net/~neptune/