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Recent studies indicate that recreational diving may cause unintended behavioral changes in marine macrofauna. The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered species encountered pantropically by recreational divers in marine protected areas (MPAs). No other studies to date however, have examined the impacts of recreati...
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