Effects of recreational scuba diving on Caribbean coral and fish communities

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 888-897

  Hawkins, Julie P ^a   Roberts, Callum M ^a   Van't Hof, Tom ^b   De Meyer, Kalli ^c   Tratalos, Jamie ^a   Aldam, Chloe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b The Bottom   (Netherlands Antilles)

^c Bonaire Marine Park   (Netherlands Antilles)

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EID: 0032803484     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97447.x     Document Type: Article

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