Giglio, Vinicius and Aldelir-Alves, Johnatas and Balzaretti, Natalia and Bravo-Olivas, Myrna Leticia and Camp, Emma and Casoli, Edoardo and Chávez-Dagostino, Rosa Maria and Ferretti, Eliana and Fraser, Douglas and Grillo, Ana Carolina and Jiménez-Guiérrez, Santiago and Leite, Kelen L and Lucrezi, Serena and Luiz, Osmar José and Luna, Beatriz and McBride, Jamie and Milanese, Martina and Moity, Nicola and Pinheiro, Jonison and Renfro, Bobbie and Roche, Ronan and Saliba, Bruna and Sarà, Antonio and Schiavetti, Alexandre and Toso, Yann and Valle-Pérez, Carlo and Ferreira, Carlos EL (2023). DiverReef: The global repository of divers' and snorkelers' behavior during tourism activities and their interactions with reef environments over 20 years. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10015370
Summary
The DiverReef database provides the first public dataset on the underwater behavior of recreational divers and snorkellers in shallow reef environments (< 25 m depth) globally and their interactions with the reef seascape and/or reef benthic sessile organisms. The dataset comprises 19 years of data (2004-2023) by observing the behavior of 2312 recreational divers and snorkelers in 9 countries at 19 diving destinations and 176 diving sites. The data were collected through on-site observation of divers' behavior during tourism activities and their physical interactions with the reef structure and/or benthic reef sessile organisms. Observers discretely followed divers and recorded their behavior and interactions with the reef over set time periods. Interactions were described as "contact" and "damage", the latter refers to when physical damage to a benthic organism or the reef structure was observed. Besides behavior, observers also recorded data on the type of diving activity (scuba or snorkeling), profiles of the divers (gender and experience), use of cameras by the divers, visibility, type of reef formation and marine protection status of the dive site. This is the external repository where the DiverReef database is archived. This database has an attribution-share alike (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed) copyright restriction. When using this database, the original paper in the Ecology journal must be cited.
Keywords: | Snorkelling, snorkellers, recreational divers, shallow reefs | ||||||
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Academic units: | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) > Academic Departments > Department of the Natural and Built Environment | ||||||
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Publisher of the data: | Zenodo | ||||||
Publication date: | 17 October 2023 | ||||||
Data last accessed: | No data downloaded yet | ||||||
URL of the data (if published elsewhere): | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10015370 | ||||||
SHURDA URI: | https://shurda.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/260 | ||||||
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