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AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
卷 18, 期 6, 页码 930-944出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.870
关键词
carrying capacity; limits of acceptable change; coral reef management; reef walking; tourism impacts; Gulf of Aqaba
资金
- South Sinai Protectorates and Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
- the 'Konsul Karl and Dr Gabriele Sandman Stiftung
1. The effects of trampling by visitors walking over the reef flat to snorkel or swim along the reef edge were studied at Ras Um Sidd. a popular fringing reef site at Sharm El Sheikh, and in the Ras Mohammed National Park, South Sinai, Egypt. Twelve stations showed a sequences of events linked to increased frequency and extent of trampling. with the intensities of trampling ranging from 0.1 to 324 tramplers m(-2) yr(-1). 2. Heavily trampled stations had a reduced coral cover (in particular branching corals), higher amounts coral damage. less old dead coral. less obligate corallivorous fishes and more herbivores. 3. Wave exposure was crucial in determining of coral communities to trampling. Exposed communities were dominated by branching corals and were mechanically more resistant. since wave stress had favoured stockier growth forms. 4. The applicability of the carrying capacity concept. was investigated as a management tool for determining how much use is sustainable. Examination of the relationship between hard coral cover and intensity of trampling suggested that carrying capacity could be set at approximately 50 tramplers m(-2) yr(-1). The actual amount of damage caused by trampling showed a linear increase with increasing trampling intensities. so that the carrying capacity concept, as defined in this study, Was not applicable to the relationship since no threshold existed. Instead. the 'limits of acceptable change' approach would]cl be more practicable, with managers deciding, what amount Of coral damage they permit before limiting access. To establish meaningful limits Of change, more knowledge is required ecological as well as social consequences (e.g. visitor satisfaction) of such limits. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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