Snorkelers impact on fish communities and algae in a temperate marine protected area

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1649-1658

  Claudet, Joachim ^a,b   Lenfant, Philippe ^b   Schrimm, Muriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Human impact; Impact assessment; Indicator; Marine protected area (MPA); Marine reserve; Mediterranean Sea; Recreational impact; Recreational uses

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MACROALGA; MARINE PARK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SESSILE SPECIES; TRAMPLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; GORGONACEA;

EID: 77952241723     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9794-0     Document Type: Article

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