Impacts of recreational SCUBA diving on coral communities of the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman

Impacts of recreational SCUBA diving on coral communities of the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman

The impact of recreational SCUBA diving on coral reefs of the Cayman Islands, British West Indies, was assessed from 63 10-m video transects, filmed on reefs in the West Bay area of Grand Cayman. Three high use and three low use dive sites were sampled at distances of c. 15, 55 and 200 m from moorin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biological conservation 2001-11, Vol.102 (1), p.67-75
Hauptverfasser: Tratalos, Jamie A., Austin, Timothy J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agaricia
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
Coral
Damage
Diving
Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Marine
Montastrea annularis
Scleractinia
Tourism
Video transects
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Zusammenfassung:The impact of recreational SCUBA diving on coral reefs of the Cayman Islands, British West Indies, was assessed from 63 10-m video transects, filmed on reefs in the West Bay area of Grand Cayman. Three high use and three low use dive sites were sampled at distances of c. 15, 55 and 200 m from mooring buoys, in addition to three sites where no diving occurs. Both diver numbers and distance from buoys were found to show highly significant ( P
ISSN:0006-3207
1873-2917
DOI:10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00085-4