#$%^&*AU2010200201B220120216.pdf#####ABSTRACT Disclosed is a tripod-type artificial reef for the seaweed forest, which has a surface structure adapted to allow a variety of sea algae to be naturally and effectively embedded and implanted thereon, which is capable of reducing the volume associated with piling up pluralities of artificial reefs and thereby resulting in a considerable reduction in time and costs to be spent for the transportation and the installation thereof, which does not easily overturn or leave from its initial install position at the bottom of the sea when the waves and the tidal current change, and which can highly improve the reliability of the seaweed forest and is convenient to use, by virtue of a relatively simple structure comprising supporting legs that form a substantially tripod shape on the whole； connecting plates disposed in space created by the supporting legs in such a manner that they can arrange the order of vertically-disposed and resulting in extending horizontally between the supporting legs； and sea algae attaching ridges protruding upwards on the upper surface of the connecting plates, whereby the passage and the space required for providing food supply zone, spawning ground and marine habitat so as to grow various marine shellfish or fry are further effectively and intimately connected to one another with the aid of sea algae, and whereby the hiding place where sea algae exist may be formed between sea algae attaching ridges.[3/6] [Fig 31 10 21 22 11 21 2a 2 15 2b 14 2a 11 13 1 2c 2b 13
