Managing scuba divers to meet ecological goals for coral reef conservation

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-322

  Sorice, Michael G ^a   Oh, Chi Ok ^b   Ditton, Robert B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCUBA DIVING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34547121948     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[316:MSDTME]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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50. Acknowledgments: Funding was provided by a grant from the coral reef competitive grants program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in Washington, DC with additional support provided by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
51. First submitted 1 May 2006. Accepted for publication 30 October 2006.