Marine non-consumptive wildlife-oriented tourism, whereby tourists observe and/or interact
closely with animals, without purposely having a detrimental effect on them, has been …

Feeding wildlife for the purpose of tourism is a contentious issue with for and against
arguments being raised by tour operators, non‐governmental organisations, researchers …

Wildlife provisioning, ie the provision of bait to generate aggregations of charismatic
megafauna as tourist attractions, occurs around the world. This practice is often promoted as …

This study investigated coral and reef fish recovery following the COVID-19 event between
low and high environmental disturbance reefs at Racha Yai Island, Southern Thailand …

The COVID-19 pandemic provides a rare opportunity to examine effects of people on natural
systems and processes. Here, we collected fish diversity data from coral reefs at the Israeli …

Consequences of reef phase shifts on fish communities remain poorly understood. Studies
on the causes, effects and consequences of phase shifts on reef fish communities have only …

Causal mechanisms for broad-scale reef fish diversity patterns are poorly understood and
current knowledge is limited to trends of species richness. This work compared the effects of …

The sinking of artificial structures has become increasingly common around the world, but
whether the artificial structures favour or disfavour fish diversity remain under debate …

Humans alter ecosystems through both consumptive and non-consumptive effects.
Consumptive effects occur through hunting, fishing and collecting, while non-consumptive …

The deep reef refugia hypothesis (DRRH) predicts that deep reef ecosystems may act as
refugium for the biota of disturbed shallow waters. Because deep reefs are among the most …