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A Pilot Survey Investigating Naturoid Reefs as a Tool for Sustainable Marine Ecotourism
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Recreational SCUBA diving is currently a nature-based USD multibillion tourism industry across the globe. However, degradation of many recreational diving destinations all over the world due to “soft” ecotourists necessitates the adoption of innovative ...
Panayota Koulouri +2 more
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Scuba Search : when selection meets innovation [PDF]
, 2004 We proposed a new search heuristic using the scuba diving metaphor. This approach is based on the concept of evolvability and tends to exploit neutrality in fitness landscape.
Clergue, Manuel +2 more
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Short- and long-term effects of diving on pulmonary function
European Respiratory Review, 2017 The diving environment provides a challenge to the lung, including exposure to high ambient pressure, altered gas characteristics and cardiovascular effects on the pulmonary circulation.
Kay Tetzlaff, Paul S. Thomas
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Hidden Dangers to Researcher Safety While Sampling Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates [PDF]
, 2020 This paper reviews hidden dangers that threaten the safety of freshwater (FW) researchers of benthic macroinvertebrates (BMIs). Six refereed journals containing 2,075 papers were reviewed for field research resulting in 505 FW BMI articles.
Stoaks, Ralph D.
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Sickle Cell Crisis Mimicking Severe Decompression Sickness in a Recreational SCUBA Diver
Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2016 SCUBA diving is an increasingly popular recreational sport across the globe and normally conducted by trained diving instructors. Increased commercialization, inadequate professional knowledge/training and poor compliance to the existing safety ...
C S Mohanty, S S Mohapatra, Rohit Verma
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Charging for Nature: Marine Park Fees and Management from a User Perspective [PDF]
, 2010 User fees can contribute to the financial sustainability of marine protected areas (MPAs), yet they must be acceptable to users. We explore changes in the fee system and management of Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP) from the perspective of users ...
Calvo Uyarra, MC, Côté, IM, Gill, JA
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015 Decapods play a crucial role within the reef ecosystem and the development of scuba diving as a survey tool has allowed researchers the opportunity to study the decapod–reef relationship more comprehensively.
Bruno Welter Giraldes +2 more
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Risk factors of decompression sickness in scuba diving
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020 BackgroundRecreational diving with aqualung can be called an extreme sport because the divers are exposed to physical and psychological risks. A serious danger in diving is the very exposure to a change in pressure underwater, which every diver must deal
Oliwia Pińkowska +3 more
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Severe immersion pulmonary edema in a novice elderly scuba diver after heavy alcohol intake
Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2021 Background There are no reports of immersion pulmonary edema induced by excessive alcohol intake. We describe the case of a novice scuba diver who developed apnea due to immersion pulmonary edema during scuba diving after heavy alcohol intake.
Yoshitaka Morimatsu +7 more
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Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021 Environmental interpretation seeks to reveal meanings to provoke personal connections between the public and the protected heritage. In the specific case of geological heritage, it determines and communicates the meaning of a geological and ...
Tatiane Ferrari do Vale +2 more
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