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Artificial wrecks: Unwanted consequences of the deliberate sinking of ships for recreational diving
Ecología AustralArtificial reefs are submerged human-made objects. In particular, the artificial wrecks are intentionally submerged obsolete ships. Once deployed, these wrecks are rapidly colonized by diverse benthic communities.
Karen L. Castro +4 more
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Are Sunken Warships Biodiversity Havens for Corals?
Diversity, 2022 Coral reefs are threatened by climate change, overfishing, and pollution. Artificial reefs may provide havens for corals, both to escape warming surface waters and to assist in the geographic migration of corals to more habitable natural reef conditions ...
Gregory P. Asner +5 more
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Underwater Cultural Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals
Blue Papers, 2023 Underwater cultural heritage is heritage that is surrounded by water. It can be found in rivers, lakes, oceans and reservoirs, and comprises tangible heritage – wrecks, fishing tools, sunken cities and aircraft – as well as the intangible heritage of ...
Elena Perez-Alvaro
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Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2021 Some coastal landscapes have become places of abandonment of boats at the end of their life. A growing phenomenon that affects many geographical areas, local communities, terrestrial and aquatic areas.
Maria Maccarrone
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Wreck removal and the Nairobi Convention - a movement towards a unified framework?
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks came into force on the 14 of April 2015 and provides a framework for wreck removal. Three central questions arise when dealing with shipwrecks; Who is responsible? What measures can and are to
Jhonnie Mikael Kern
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn +6 more
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The Archeology of Oil Tanker Shipwrecks and Their Potential to Pollute
HeritageOil tanker shipwrecks represent both cultural heritage and environmental risk. These wrecks are historically significant as war graves and simultaneously pose long-term threats to marine ecosystems through the potential release of petroleum cargo. During
Michael L. Brennan
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Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection
Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken +5 more
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Les épaves de l’estran : un patrimoine exceptionnel, une gestion complexe !
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019 Neglected for a long time by maritime archaeologists, intertidal shipwrecks, threatened by erosion and winter storms, now arouse a new interest.
Olivia Hulot, Cécile Sauvage
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Naufragios en la costa de Bizkaia (1550-1800)
Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2023 Shipwreck involves the darkest side of early modern maritime navigation and trade. Nonetheless, it is a socioeconomic and human feature of the marine communities, not deeply addressed for this period in the Biscayan coastline hitherto.Fortunately ...
Ekain Cagigal
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