Using Coral Disease Prevalence to Assess the Effects of Concentrating Tourism Activities on Offshore Reefs in a Tropical Marine Park

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1044-1052

  Lamb, Joleah B ^a   Willis, Bette L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acroporidae; Anthropogenic impacts; Concentraci n de visitantes; Coral disease; Enfermedades del coral; Gran Barrera Arrecifal; Great Barrier Reef; Impactos antropog nicos; Marine park; Parque marino; Reef tourism; Turismo en arrecifes; Visitor concentration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK; PLANT COMMUNITY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; HUMANS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80052555418     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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