Bortone,-S.A.; Shipp,-R.L.; Davis,-W.P.; Nester,-R.D.  
	Artificial reef development along the Atlantic coast of 
	Guatemala.  NORTHEAST-GULF-SCI. 1988. vol. 10, no. 1, 
	pp. 45-48.

A visual census of a four year old artificial reef in the 
Bahia de Amatique off Guatemala's Atlantic coast indicates a 
substantial standing number of fishes. The fish fauna is 
comprised chiefly of juvenile grunts (Haemulon aurolineatum ; 
7.39/m sub(2)) accounting for the reef's low species 
diversity (H' = 0.68). A considerable portion of the 
assemblage is composed of commercially exploitable adults of 
Lutjanus griseus) (0.38/m super(2)) and Haemulon plumieri) 
(0.03/m super(2)). The proximate grassbeds have large 
populations of juveniles and small adults of all the 
commercially exploitable species. Further development of the 
reef is indicated providing the grassbed biotope remains 
"healthy" and fishing pressure does not become excessive.