The impact of human recreational activities in marine protected areas: What lessons should be learnt in the Mediterranean sea?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 280-290

  Milazzo, Marco ^a   Chemello, Renato ^a   Badalamenti, Fabio ^b   Riggio, Raffaele Camarda ^a   Riggio, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Human impact; Marine protected area; Mediterranean sea; Recreation; SCUBA diving; Trampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055178438     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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