Tsunami survey expedition: Preliminary investigation of Maldivian coral reefs two weeks after the event

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Goffredo, Stefano ^a   Piccinetti, Corrado ^a   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coral reefs survey; Local economy; Maldives; Maldivian Coral Reefs; Mass media behaviour; Tourism industry; Tsunami; Tsunami impact

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; REEFS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORAL REEF;

TSUNAMIS;

CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LOCAL ECONOMY; MASS MEDIA; TOURISM; TSUNAMI;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LATITUDE; MALDIVES; SRI LANKA; TOPOGRAPHY; TOURISM; TSUNAMI;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASS MEDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34347383738     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9459-3     Document Type: Article

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