Diversity and structure of epibenthic communities across subtidal artificial hard habitats in the Bay of Cherbourg (English Channel).

To inform the performance of ecological engineering designs for artificial structures at sea, it is essential to characterise their impacts on the epibenthic communities colonising them. In this context, the present study aims to compare the community structure among natural and four different artificial hard habitats with different ages and features installed in the Bay of Cherbourg (English Channel):