Diving down the reefs? Intensive diving tourism threatens the reefs of the northern Red Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1788-1794

  Hasler, Harald ^a   Ott, Jörg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Damage; Growth form; Marine tourism; Red Sea; SCUBA diving; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

REEFS;

CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; CORAL REEFS; DAMAGE; GROWTH FORM; MARINE TOURISM; RECREATIONAL SCUBA DIVING; RED SEA; SCUBA DIVING; SEDIMENTATION;

LANDFORMS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ESTHETICS; FISH; GROWTH FORM; HERBIVORE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SCUBA DIVING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DIVING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIVING; FISHES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 52949131326     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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