@article {410,
	title = {The impact of human recreationnal Activities in Marine portected areas : What lessons Should be learnt in the Mediterranean Sea?},
	journal = {Marine Ecology},
	year = {2002},
	abstract = {<p>The aesthetic appealvof marine reserves and the facilities provided,  together with the increased public awareness of nature, all contibute to  creating massive tourism in MPAs. Human activities are being changed  inside MPAs in two ways : humans as top predators are generally being  removed, but in tunrn they could come back at great numbers as  vistors.Many authors have studied the impact of visitors, and the  results highlight that the consequances can be very substantial and may  reprensent a severe threat to the overall diversity of marine  communities. To date, the documented effects of human recreationnal  activities on natural communities are restricted to assessing the  consequences of trampling over tidal and upper infralittoral areas, boat  anchoring in seagrass meadows and tropical reefs, or SCUBA-diving.In  this paper, we review the available litterature world-wide on the  effects of human recreationnal activites in marine communities. The  objective is to adress the extent of theses impacts and to highloght the  gaps of knowledge to be filled in order to optimise decision making on  research, monitoring, and management of Mediterranean MPAs. A specific  plan for managing tourism use in each Mediterranean MPA should be  designated. Tehses strategies should be implemented through education,  training, and changes in legislation and policy.</p>},
	keywords = {algae, anchoring, awareness, benthos, communication, conservation, corraligenous, decision making, diversity, education, fish, human impact, impact, invertebrate, legislative, management, marine protected area, marine reserve, Mediterranean sea, monitoring, policy, recreation, reefs, research, review, scuba-diving, seagrass, threat, tourism, trampling, visitation},
	author = {M. Milazzo and R. Chemello and F. Badalamenti and R. Camarda and S. Roggio}
}
