A review of ecological impacts from recreational SCUBA diving: Current evidence and future practice

D Sumanapala, K Dimmock… - Tourism and Hospitality …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Global demand for SCUBA diving activities in coastal areas continues to grow. Academic
research has acknowledged that SCUBA diving can have ecological impacts. To understand …

Citizen scientists and marine research: volunteer participants, their contributions, and projection for the future

RN Hughes, DJ Hughes, IP Smith - Oceanography and marine …, 2014 - books.google.com
MARTIN THIEL ET AL. of simple methodologies to the capabilities of participants. Studies for
which volunteers needed to identify many different species and estimate their abundances …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding audiences: making public perceptions research matter to marine conservation

R Jefferson, E McKinley, S Capstick, S Fletcher… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is increasing awareness of the need to meaningfully engage society in efforts to tackle
marine conservation challenges. Public perceptions research (PPR) in a marine …

Diving for science‐science for diving: volunteer scuba divers support science and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea

C Cerrano, M Milanese, M Ponti - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recreational diving engages 20 million people worldwide. Most of the literature refers to
tropical destinations but at least 1 million dives per year take place in Mediterranean marine …

Business model innovation in tourism: Opportunities and challenges

AM Hjalager, EL Madsen - The SAGE handbook of tourism …, 2018 - torrossa.com
Innovation is a very broad concept that has many different definitions. Innovations are bright
ideas that move into common use and create real value for individuals and societies …

Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A survey of active and potential participants

S Lucrezi, M Milanese, M Palma, C Cerrano - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Citizen Science (CS) strengthens the relationship between society and science through
education and engagement, with win-win benefits. Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is …

[HTML][HTML] Scuba divers, coral reefs, and knowledge of ocean acidification

K Apps, E Heagney, QTK Ngoc, K Dimmock… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification (OA) poses a threat to coral reefs by increasing the fragility of
susceptible corals to physical damage. As such, the impacts of dive tourism are likely to be …

The influence of scuba diving experience on divers' perceptions, and its implications for managing diving destinations

S Lucrezi, M Milanese, C Cerrano, M Palma - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Scuba diving experience–which can include accumulated diving experience and familiarity
with a diving location–is an important descriptor of diver specialisation and behaviour …

Citizens as scientists: what influences public contributions to marine research?

V Martin, L Smith, A Bowling… - Science …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Public participation in science is burgeoning, yet little is known about factors that influence
potential volunteers. We present results from a national survey of 1,145 marine users to …

Public interest in marine citizen science: is there potential for growth?

VY Martin, L Christidis, GT Pecl - BioScience, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Social studies in citizen science typically focus on existing project participants. We present
results from an online survey of 1145 marine users to identify broader public interest in …