Artificial reefs as a means of spreading diving pressure in a coral reef environment

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 149, Issue , 2017, Pages 159-164

  Tynyakov, Jenny ^a,b   Rousseau, Meghan ^b,c   Chen, Mori ^d   Figus, Orlando ^c,e   Belhassen, Yaniv ^c   Shashar, Nadav ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Eilat Sea Rangers   (Israel)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Coral reefs; Recreational diving

Indexed keywords

LOSSES;

ARTIFICIAL REEFS; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC LOSS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; IMPACTS ON CORALS; RECREATIONAL DIVING; RED SEA; REEF DEGRADATION;

REEFS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; COASTAL WATER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 85030777470     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.10.008     Document Type: Article

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