Divers impact on fishes of the marine park Professor Luiz Saldanha

Carvalho, Vanessa Joye

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Divers impact on fishes of the marine park Professor Luiz Saldanha

2023-11-21Master thesis

dc.contributor.advisor	Gonçalves, Emanuel João Flores
dc.contributor.author	Carvalho, Vanessa Joye
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-02T14:16:32Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-02T14:16:32Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11-21
dc.date.submitted	2024-01-02
dc.description	Dissertação de Mestrado realizada sob a orientação do Professor Doutor Emanuel Gonçalves, apresentada no Ispa –Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Biologia Marinha e Conservação.	pt_PT
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT: Marine Protected Areas are important places for the conservation of marine environments, increasing the attraction of recreational activities. Moreover, some activities as scuba diving could have an impact on fish behaviour, these alterations could be observed in the long term, as the impacts are cumulative and not immediate. This study aimed to understand the impact that the presence of recreational divers has on the behaviour of fish in the Professor Luiz Saldanha Marine Park by using Baited Remoted Underwater Videos (BRUVs). A higher abundance of fishes was observed in the partial protected area without the presence of divers. There is no difference either in the partial protection zone or in the complementary protection zone when there is the absence and presence of divers. There is a significant difference between the total protection zone of the PMLS with the partial protection zone with the presence of divers and the complementary protection zone also with the presence of divers. As a conclusion fish behaviour could change according to the species. Areas where diving is more regular, it will be possible to observe a greater impact. This study highlights the importance of how recreational activities could impact marine fauna in protected environments that could contribute to a better management.	pt_PT
dc.identifier.tid	203439945	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9375
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Marine Protected Areas	pt_PT
dc.subject	Conservation	pt_PT
dc.subject	Scuba diving	pt_PT
dc.subject	Fish behaviour	pt_PT
dc.subject	Professor Luiz Saldanha Marine Park	pt_PT
dc.subject	Baited Remoted Underwater Videos	pt_PT
dc.subject	Total protection zone	pt_PT
dc.subject	Partial protected area	pt_PT
dc.subject	Complementary	pt_PT
dc.title	Divers impact on fishes of the marine park Professor Luiz Saldanha	pt_PT
dc.type	master thesis
dspace.entity.type	Publication
rcaap.rights	restrictedAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	masterThesis	pt_PT
thesis.degree.name	Mestrado em Biologia Marinha e Conservação	pt_PT