Long-term environmental impact of coral mining at the Wakatobi marine park, Indonesia

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 539-544

  Caras, Tamir ^a   Pasternak, Zohar ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CONTROL SITES; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ECO-TOURISMS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; INCOME SOURCES; INDONESIA; MARINE PARK; REEF DEGRADATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE CONTROL; AQUACULTURE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PARKS; REEFS;

MINING;

ABUNDANCE INDEX; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARINE PARK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEAST SULAWESI; WAKATOBI MARINE NATIONAL PARK;

ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; STROMBUS;

EID: 70349758089     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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