Scuba diving
Can reef conservation programmes help reducing SCUBA diving damage to coral reefs? A case study in Thailand
... Worldwide, 10% of world GDP is created by travel and tourism industry. In Thailand, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the contribution of travel and tourism to the GDP is expected to rise from ...
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Mobility, expansion and management of a multi-species scuba diving fishery in East Africa.
... into two distinct segments based on the mode of operation and trade organization – the village based artisanal near-shore segment and the more industrialized mobile roving bandit style scuba diving segment. ...
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Assessing the land- and seascape determinants of recreational diving: evidence for Portugal's south coast
... of SCUBA diving in a specific ...recreational SCUBA diving site preferences and collected data for mainland Portugal’s south coast in order to model recreational dive site occurrence ...tional ...
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Barotrauma ocular durante mergulho autônomo.
... (scuba diving), quando há diferença de pressão entre o interior da máscara e a coluna de água, em determinada profundidade, poden- do haver acometimento dos olhos e estruturas ...
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Underwater ecotourism in the Algarve, South of Portugal: implementation and divers' perceptions
... and scuba diving) in the Algarve, South of Portugal; 2) identify the economic valuation of snorkelling routes; 3) analyse the degree of satisfaction of users in relation to the routes and to the support ...
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Ouvindo o silêncio: a construção identitária por meio da prática do mergulho scuba como consumo hedônico
... of scuba diving as hedonic consumption, as well as to understand in which conditions the benefit arising from the regular practice of this activity impact the identity construction of the ...from ...
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Flavio do Nascimento Coelho, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Robson Guimarães dos Santos, Cristiano Queiroz de Albuquerque and Agnaldo Silva Martins
... In this study we analyze the population structure and diet of the coney Cephalopholis fulva at Trindade Island, Brazil, through direct observation with SCUBA diving in 11 reef sites ar[r] ...
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Tourism and Algarve underwater archaeological heritage valorisation: a case study
... or Diving Centers included in the Portuguese Classification of Economic Activities (CAE) / INE (2007), which are associated to the recreation and leisure Services, other sport activities, organization of animation ...
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Overlooked habitat of a vulnerable gorgonian revealed in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic by ecological niche modelling
... by SCUBA diving surveys, to investigate the suitable habitat of an important structuring species, Paramuricea clavata, throughout its distribution (Mediterranean and adjacent ...
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Effects of fishery protection on biometry and genetic structure of two target sea cucumber species from the Mediterranean Sea
... Hookah diving vessels are the most commonly used to catch sea cucumbers through underwater breathing ...that scuba diving for sea cucumbers is being carried out commonly in the Western Indian Ocean ...
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The origin of widespread species in a poor dispersing lineage (diving beetle genus Deronectes)
... We study the origin and phylogeography of the European widespread species in one of these running water lineages, the diving beetle genus Deronectes Sharp (family Dytiscidae). With c. 60 described species (Nilsson ...
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A synthesis of European seahorse taxonomy, population structure, and habitat use as a basis for assessment, monitoring and conservation
... during diving, such as depth, water clarity, current flow rate and boat traffic limited the possible search area within known seahorse sites (Curtis and Vincent 2005; Curtis et ...
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Increased cortical thickness in sports experts: a comparison of diving players with the controls.
... Sports experts represent a population of people who have acquired expertise in sports training and competition. Recently, the number of studies on sports experts has increased; however, neuroanatomical changes following ...
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Temporal allocation of foraging effort in female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus).
... optimal diving models that suggest an individual (particularly in benthic foraging species) should be maximizing its time at the bottom portion of the dive ...
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Predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Montenegro with new records and description of the female of Hydroporus Macedonicus Fery & Pešić, 2006
... During a survey of the aquatic beetle fauna of Montenegro, 40 diving beetle species of the Dytis- cidae were collected, including 12 species and one subspecies new for national fauna. he aim of this paper is to ...
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Recursive filtering for zero offset correction of diving depth time series with GNU R package diveMove.
... of diving depth measured by time-depth recorders is required to remove artifacts arising from temporal changes in accuracy of pressure ...in diving behaviour, measured using different sampling protocols and ...
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Relationship between chlorophyll a concentration, light attenuation and diving depth of the Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina.
... Many studies have been able to relate oceanographic conditions to the prey availability and to predators [8,10,15,17,19,22,23,46].However, to our knowledge, this is the first study showing that light level within the ...
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Foraging segregation of two congeneric diving seabird species (common and thick-billed murres) breeding on St. George Island, Bering Sea
... 2007). Diving seabirds are considered to feed mostly during the diving bottom phase (Elliott et ...deeper diving depths in the daytime and more frequent wing strokes during the bottom phase of COMU ...
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Mergulho em águas rasas e lesão medular: uma abordagem educativa e preventiva = Diving in shallow waters and spinal cord injury: a preventive and educational approach
... Conclusion: Spinal cord lesion caused by diving has an elevated world incidence and high rates mainly during summer. Healthy young male individuals are involved. There is a strong association with the use of ...
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Indicação de alcoolismo em pescadores vítimas de lesão medular por mergulho Indication of alcoholism in fishermen victims of spinal cord injury by diving
... In the face of high rates of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the world stage, it was noted the importance of investigation of alcoholism in artisanal fisherfolk victims of SCI, in order, the damage suffered by ...
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