Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

Biological Conservation

Volumn 178, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-96

  Lamb, Joleah B ^a,b,c   True, James D ^d   Piromvaragorn, Srisakul ^c,d   Willis, Bette L ^a,b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Coral disease; Damage; Diving; Koh Tao; Scuba; Sedimentation; Skeletal eroding band; Snorkelling; Thailand; Tourism; White syndrome; Wounds

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SCUBA DIVING; SEDIMENTATION; SPONGE; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; INJURY; ISLAND; MAINTENANCE; TOURISM MARKET;

KOH TAO; SOUTHERN REGION; SURAT THANI [SOUTHERN REGION]; THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 84905686931     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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