Possible Population Growth of <i>Astrospartus mediterraneus</i> (Risso, 1826) (Ophiuroidea, Gorgonocephalidae) in the Mediterranean Sea by Martina Canessa, Federico Betti, Marzia Bo, Francesco Enrichetti, Margherita Toma, Giorgio Bavestrello

“…During the last decades, the number of observations of the basket star <i>Astrospartus mediterraneus</i> (Risso, 1826) in the Mediterranean Sea has significantly grown, thanks to SCUBA diver and ROV sightings, citizen reports, as well as particularly large catches by the artisanal fishery. …”
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Diver satisfaction with scuba diving in Tioman Island from perspective of operator services by Abd. Halim, Noor Shuhaila

“…Respondents consist of scuba divers who are mostly intermediate and international divers express their perception of dive operator service performance. …”
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An examination of recreational divers' underwater behaviour by attitude–behaviour theories by Ong, T.F., Musa, G.

“…The increasing demand for dive tourism activities has resulted in concerns over scuba divers' incremental impacts on the underwater marine environment. …”
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High altitude vs underwater : An analysis of functional lung capacity / Muhammad Uzair Azim Azman by Azman, Muhammad Uzair Azim

“…Porter is the one who involved in high altitude condition while scuba divers is the one who involved in underwater condition. …”
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Dive to adventure : exploring the world's best-known wrecks / by Trainito, Egidio, editor

“…Highly skilled photographers have contributed and experienced scuba divers have provided the detailed practical information needed for preparing dives. …”

A Pilot Survey Investigating <i>Naturoid</i> Reefs as a Tool for Sustainable Marine Ecotourism by Panayota Koulouri, Athanasios Mogias, Costas Dounas

“…In this study, a pilot survey was conducted in three diving centres of Crete Island, one of the most important tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, involving the participation of 144 SCUBA divers from all over the world. The survey aimed at investigating SCUBA divers’ profiles and perceptions concerning recreational diving activities and artificial reefs technology. …”
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The Brachyura and Anomura fauna (Decapoda; Crustacea) in the Arvoredo Marine Biological Reserve on the southern brazilian coast by JL. Bouzon, AS. Freire

“…The animals were collected by scuba divers, between 3 and 22 meters depth, from September 2001 to February 2003. …”
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Size composition of aggregations and recommended commercial size for common whelk Buccinum undatum (Neogastropoda) in the Barents Sea at the coast of West Murman by D. V. Zakharov, A. M. Sennikov

“…Size composition of common whelk Buccinum undatum in its aggregations on sandy and stony grounds at the depth of 2–15 m is analyzed on the data of experimental fishing by scuba divers and traps in the Kislaya Guba and Ura Guba Bays in different seasons of 2004–2017. …”
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Sea cucumber fishing pattern and the socio-economic characteristics of fisher communities in Sri Lanka by Nishanthan Ganeshan, Kumara Ajith, Prasada Pahan, Dissanayake Chamari

“…Among all fishers, SCUBA divers reported the highest average net monthly income. …”
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Diving into Health: A Mixed Methods Study on the Impact of Scuba Diving in People with Physical Impairments by Tania Santiago Perez, Brandi M. Crowe, Patrick J. Rosopa, Jasmine N. Townsend, Michael R. Kaufman

“…Grounded on the social identity approach to health, the aim of this study was to test and describe the relationships between scuba diving social identity, self-efficacy, social health, psychological health, physical health, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and disability level among recreational scuba divers with physical impairments. A mixed methods explanatory sequential design was employed. …”
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Are warm temperatures the key factor to prevent winter swarms of Hemimysis anomala in peri-alpine lakes? by Jacquet Stéphan

“…During the last decade, scuba divers have regularly reported observations of substantial winter swarms of this animal in Lakes Bourget (France) and Geneva (Switzerland-France). …”
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Aggregating behaviour in invasive Caribbean lionfish is driven by habitat complexity by Hunt, C, Kelly, G, Windmill, H, Curtis-Quick, J, Conlon, H, Bodmer, M, Rogers, A, Exton, D

“…However, current management is largely inadequate, relying on opportunistic culling by recreational SCUBA divers. Culling efficiency could be greatly improved by exploiting natural aggregations, but to date this behaviour has only been recorded anecdotally, and the drivers are unknown. …”

An Updated Narrative Review on Ergometric Systems Applied to Date in Assessing Divers’ Fitness by Sven Dreyer, Johannes Schneppendahl, Fabian Moeller, Andreas Koch, Thomas Muth, Jochen D. Schipke

“…Therefore, professional scuba divers should be tested when fin-swimming underwater. …”
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The best defense is a good offense: Anti‐predator behavior of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) against conger eel attacks by Beatriz Salvador, Miguel Cabanellas‐Reboredo, Manuel E. Garci, Ángel F. González, Jorge Hernández‐Urcera

“…Abstract We present the description of defensive behavior in wild Octopus vulgaris against conger eel (Conger conger) attacks based on three video sequences recorded by recreational SCUBA divers in the eastern Atlantic off the coast of Galicia (NW Spain) and in the Cantabrian Sea (NW Spain). …”
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Composition and abundance of porcellanid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from rocky bottoms off Vitória Island, southeast coast of Brazil by Douglas F. R. Alves, Samara de P. Barros-Alves, Valter J. Cobo

“…The crabs were hand-caught by SCUBA divers during the daytime. The greatest carapace width (CW) was measured, and the sex and developmental stage were identified for each crab. …”
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Status of Crayfish Populations (<i>Astacidae</i>) on the Eastern Coast of the Caspian Sea by V. B. Ushivtsev, M. L. Galaktionova, S. A. Kotenkov, T. A. Sinitsyna, G. A. Akhmedova, Mehdi Ghodrati Shojaei

“…The material was collected by scuba divers surveying routes of transects 100 m2 in area. …”
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Heart rate profiles and heart rate variability during scuba diving by Claudine Schaller, Andrea Fümm, Simon Bachmann, Luca Oechslin, Yoshi Nakahara, Roger Melliger, Patric Biaggi, Christophe Alain Wyss

“… AIMS: The aim of the present study was to describe heart rate profiles and heart rate variability patterns in non-selected scuba divers of different ages under non-experimental real-world conditions. …”
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High-Throughput Griess Assay of Nitrite and Nitrate in Plasma and Red Blood Cells for Human Physiology Studies under Extreme Conditions by Andrea Brizzolari, Michele Dei Cas, Danilo Cialoni, Alessandro Marroni, Camillo Morano, Michele Samaja, Rita Paroni, Federico Maria Rubino

“…Performance and usefulness were tested in pilot studies that use blood fractions deriving from subjects who dwelt in an Antarctica scientific station and on breath-holding and scuba divers who performed training at sea and in a land-based deep pool facility. …”
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Virtual Reef Diver: Enabling People to Help Protect the Great Barrier Reef by Julie Vercelloni, Edgar Santos-Fernández, Kerrie Mengersen

“…This program engages citizen scientists in two ways. Scuba-divers are asked to take geo-coded underwater images of the reef and upload them to an online virtual reef. …”
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Graveyards of Giant Pandas at the Bottom of the Sea? A Strange-Looking New Species of Colonial Ascidians in the Genus Clavelina (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) by Naohiro Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kajihara

“…An unidentified colonial ascidian called gaikotsu-panda-hoya in Japanese, literally meaning ‘skeleton panda ascidian,’ has been attracting SCUBA divers’ attention for the past few years since its strange appearance was introduced on the Internet by a diving shop in Kumejima Island, Japan. …”