Owen, G., A. L. Egbert, and J. V. Shireman. 1995. 1994-1995 Completion Report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee. All states which reported this type of structure utilized the pallet variety, and one state utilized both. Click here for map of states that used this method.
Structures are durable and long-lived.
Herrig, D. J., and L. R. Miller. Comparison of Berkley Fish Hab and stakebeds in two small Western Iowa impoundments. Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Plastic buckets and barrels have been tied together and suspended in the water column. Spools have also been used and have been filled with a variety of materials such as gravel and discarded Christmas trees.