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- Title: Specialization and Marine Based Environmental Behaviors Among SCUBA Divers (Research Note)
- Author : Journal of Leisure Research
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 230 KB
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Introduction Coral reefs are a major attraction for SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) divers, and with the global growth in diving, concerns about the negative impacts of divers on the reefs has grown. It has been estimated that there are between 5-7 million active divers worldwide, and the United States alone accounts for between 1.6-2.9 million divers (Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), 2005).