Green Options » marine habitat http://greenoptions.com/tag/marine-habitat Posts tagged 'marine habitat' Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sewage Pipeline in the Pacific Spawns New Marine Life http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/02/sewage-pipeline-in-the-pacific-spawns-new-marine-life/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/02/sewage-pipeline-in-the-pacific-spawns-new-marine-life/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:33:54 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/02/sewage-pipeline-in-the-pacific-spawns-new-marine-life/ Marine ReefAccording to a report in today’s Globe and Mail, a sewage pipeline installed by Epcor (www.epcor.ca) - a Canadian utility company – has created an artificial reef system that supports marine life in a previously desolate region.

Most people don’t associate outfalls with increased life, but this pipeline structure is adding complexity to what was a flat, sandy habitat,” said Jason Clarke, an engineer and marine biologist with consulting firm WorleyParsons. “It’s been a rapid diversification that I haven’t seen to quite this degree.

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