Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia
This thesis demonstrated that cryptobenthic fauna on soft sediment habitats in Southeast Asia are economically valuable, have a high species richness and can contribute to the sustainable use of ocean resources through dive tourism. While dive tourism can provide local livelihoods, unethical diver b...
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| author | De Brauwer, Maarten Bernard Yvonne |
| author_facet | De Brauwer, Maarten Bernard Yvonne |
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| description | This thesis demonstrated that cryptobenthic fauna on soft sediment habitats in Southeast Asia are economically valuable, have a high species richness and can contribute to the sustainable use of ocean resources through dive tourism. While dive tourism can provide local livelihoods, unethical diver behaviour can also negatively affect the species tourism depends on. Despite its high economic value, research and conservation on soft sediments are largely lacking, issues which should be addressed in the future. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| publishDate | 2018 |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-750582019-03-26T01:46:14Z Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia De Brauwer, Maarten Bernard Yvonne This thesis demonstrated that cryptobenthic fauna on soft sediment habitats in Southeast Asia are economically valuable, have a high species richness and can contribute to the sustainable use of ocean resources through dive tourism. While dive tourism can provide local livelihoods, unethical diver behaviour can also negatively affect the species tourism depends on. Despite its high economic value, research and conservation on soft sediments are largely lacking, issues which should be addressed in the future. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75058 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | De Brauwer, Maarten Bernard Yvonne Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia |
| title | Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia |
| title_full | Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia |
| title_fullStr | Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia |
| title_short | Ecology, Value and Threats of Cryptic Marine Benthic Fauna in Southeast Asia |
| title_sort | ecology, value and threats of cryptic marine benthic fauna in southeast asia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75058 |