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Lucrezi, Serena
Egi, Salih Murat
Pieri, Massimo
Burman, Francois
Ozyigit, Tamer
Cialoni, Danilo
Thomas, Guy
Marroni, Alessandro
Saayman, Melville
2018-03-23
<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p>
<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Scuba diving is an important marine tourism sector, but requires proper safety standards to reduce the risks and increase accessibility to its market. To achieve safety goals, safety awareness and positive safety attitudes in recreational scuba diving operations are essential. However, there is no published research exclusively focusing on scuba divers’ and dive centres’ perceptions toward safety. This study assessed safety perceptions in recreational scuba diving operations, with the aim to inform and enhance safety and risk management programmes within the scuba diving tourism industry.</p>
<p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> Two structured questionnaire surveys were prepared by the organisation Divers Alert Network and administered online to scuba diving operators in Italy and scuba divers in Europe, using a mixture of convenience and snowball sampling. Questions in the survey included experience and safety offered at the dive centre; the buddy system; equipment and accessories for safe diving activities; safety issues in the certification of new scuba divers; incidents/accidents; and attitudes toward safety.</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> 91 scuba diving centres and 3,766 scuba divers participated in the study. Scuba divers gave importance to safety and the responsiveness of service providers, here represented by the dive centres. However, they underestimated the importance of a personal emergency action/assistance plan and, partly, of the buddy system alongside other safety procedures. Scuba divers agreed that some risks, such as those associated with running out of gas, deserve attention. Dive centres gave importance to aspects such as training and emergency action/assistance plans. However, they were limitedly involved in safety campaigning. Dive centres’ perceptions of safety in part aligned with those of scuba divers, with some exceptions.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Greater responsibility is required in raising awareness and educating scuba divers, through participation in prevention campaigns and training. The study supports the introduction of programmes aiming to create a culture of safety among dive centres and scuba divers. Two examples, which are described in this paper, include the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment protocol for dive centres and scuba divers, and the Diving Safety Officer programme to create awareness, improve risk management, and mitigate health and safety risks.</p>
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. © 2018 Lucrezi, Egi, Pieri, Burman, Ozyigit, Cialoni, Thomas, Marroni and Saayman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00383
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Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 383, (2018-03-23)
Buddy system
Accesories
Incident
Awareness
Prevention campaign
Training
Dive centre
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Safety priorities and underestimations in recreational scuba diving operations: A European study supporting the implementation of new risk management programmes
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2020-01-20T17:17:53Z
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Egi, Murat Salih
Cousteau, Pierre-Yves
Pieri, Massimo
Cerrano, Carlo
Özyigit, Tamer
Marroni, Alessandro
2018-11-20
<p>Dive computers have an important potential for citizen science projects where recreational SCUBA divers can upload the depth temperature profile and the geolocation of the dive to a central database which may provide useful information about the subsurface temperature of the oceans. However, their accuracy may not be adequate and needs to be evaluated. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy and precision of dive computers and provide guidelines in order to enable their contribution to citizen science projects. Twenty-two dive computers were evaluated during real ocean dives for consistency and scatter in the first phase. In the second phase, the dive computers were immersed in sufficient depth to initiate the dive record inside a precisely controlled sea aquarium while using a calibrated device as a reference. Results indicate that the dive computers do not have the accuracy required for monitoring temperature changes in the oceans, however, they can be used to detect thermoclines if the users follow a specific protocol with specific dive computers. This study enabled the authors to define this protocol based on the results of immersion in two different sea aquarium tanks set to two different temperatures in order to simulate the conditions of a thermocline.</p>
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Authors would like to express their gratitude to Ali Ethem Keskin who shot the underwater pictures. Authors would like to thank to the management of Istanbul Aquarium for their continuous help during the experiments. Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Applied Sciences, 8(11), 2315, (2018-11-20)
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underwater
SCUBA
temperature measurement
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Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
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Designing a diving protocol for thermocline identification using dive computers in Marine Citizen Science
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oai:zenodo.org:1441287
2020-01-20T12:07:01Z
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Scholtz, Marco
2016-12-24
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work about divers' in the Portofino Marine Protected Area (Italy).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Scuba diving
Behaviour
Marketing
Survey
Portofino MPA
European Union (EU)
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Profiling scuba divers' behaviour and marketing preferences to Portofino MPA
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oai:zenodo.org:1441246
2020-01-20T14:40:37Z
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Kruger, Martinette
2017-07-02
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work about dive shows.</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under
the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
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Scuba diving
Dive show
Supply and demand
Survey
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
An overview of dive show attendance: A supply and demand perspective
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2020-01-20T15:00:09Z
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Palma, Marco
Rivas Casado, Monica
Pantaleo, Ubaldo
Cerrano, Carlo
2017-07-08
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p>Coral reefs play a key role in coastal protection and habitat provision. They are also well known for their recreational value. Attempts to protect these ecosystems have not successfully stopped large-scale degradation. Significant efforts have been made by government and research organizations to ensure that coral reefs are monitored systematically to gain a deeper understanding of the causes, the effects and the extent of threats affecting coral reefs. However, further research is needed to fully understand the importance that sampling design has on coral reef characterization and assessment. This study examines the effect that sampling design has on the estimation of seascape metrics when coupling semi-autonomous underwater vehicles, structure-from-motion photogrammetry techniques and high resolution (0.4 cm) underwater imagery. For this purpose, we use FRAGSTATS v4 to estimate key seascape metrics that enable quantification of the area, density, edge, shape, contagion, interspersion and diversity of sessile organisms for a range of sampling scales (0.5 m × 0.5 m, 2 m × 2 m, 5 m × 5 m, 7 m × 7 m), quadrat densities (from 1–100 quadrats) and sampling strategies (nested vs. random) within a 1655 m<sup>2</sup> case study area in Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve (Mozambique). Results show that the benthic community is rather disaggregated within a rocky matrix; the embedded patches frequently have a small size and a regular shape; and the population is highly represented by soft corals. The genus <em>Acropora</em> is the more frequent and shows bigger colonies in the group of hard corals. Each of the seascape metrics has specific requirements of the sampling scale and quadrat density for robust estimation. Overall, the majority of the metrics were accurately identified by sampling scales equal to or coarser than 5 m × 5 m and quadrat densities equal to or larger than 30. The study indicates that special attention needs to be dedicated to the design of coral reef monitoring programmes, with decisions being based on the seascape metrics and statistics being determined. The results presented here are representative of the eastern South Africa coral reefs and are expected to be transferable to coral reefs with similar characteristics. The work presented here is limited to one study site and further research is required to confirm the findings.</p>
This paper is published as Open Access in the journal Remote Sensing 2017, 9(7), 705 and can be downloaded from the journal's webpage here: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/7/705. This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
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Remote Sensing, 9(7), 705, (2017-07-08)
seascape metrics
structure-from-motion
FRAGSTATS
photogrammetry
sampling scale
quadrat density
sampling strategy
sampling framework
European Union (EU)
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
High Resolution Orthomosaics of African Coral Reefs: A Tool for Wide-Scale Benthic Monitoring
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oai:zenodo.org:221893
2020-01-20T16:55:02Z
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Pieri, Massimo
Cialoni, Danilo
Marroni, Alessandro
2016-04-01
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Insulin-dependent diabetes has been considered a scuba diving contraindication. This is currently being reconsidered for well-controlled dia- betes. We developed a real-time continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to check glycemia, or blood glucose (BG), during diving, both for prospective studies and to increase diabetic diver safety, allowing for real-time control of glycemia and hypoglycemia pre- vention. To ensure CGM measurement accuracy we tested the method under hyperbaric conditions.</p>
<p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Two experienced diabetic divers were studied during a one-week diving cruise. BG was monitored every five minutes on every dive, by a dedicated CGM, and values were visible to the divers throughout their dives. The mean of relative difference (MRD) between CGM and capillary blood glucose was calculated. Measurement accuracy was assessed according to ISO guideline 15197 and by Clarke Error Grid (CEG) analysis.</p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>Both divers showed gradual BG decrease during diving. Hyperbaric chamber accuracy tests showed two of 26 MRD values (7.7%) slightly exceed- ing the ISO-15197 allowed difference (5%). However, our data suggest that this discrepancy may have been an artefact.<br>
<strong>Discussion: </strong>Our data (even limited to two subjects only) agree with the current literature showing that also in our investigated subjects diving does not imply significant risks of hypoglycemia. The use of a real-time CGM by diabetic divers during their dives can provide immediate information on BG values and trends, thus significantly improving diving safety. The accuracy tests comparing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and capillary blood glucose mea- surement (CBM) data recorded under hyperbaric conditions showed that data recorded under pressure are very close to the ISO-15197 and CEG acceptable limits.</p>
This document is the accepted Authors' Copy of the paper published in Undersea & hyperbaric medicine: journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc 2016(May-Jun;43(3)):265-72. The original manuscript was published in April 2016. This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles) and under the Caddy Project - Cognitive Autonomous Diving Buddy (FP7 Marie Curie, grant no. 611373). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Scuba diving
Continuous glucose monitoring
Type 1 diabetes
Diabetes and sports
Insulin-dependent diabetes
Decompression sickness
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Continuous real-time monitoring and recording of glycemia during scuba diving: pilot study
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oai:zenodo.org:159597
2020-01-20T17:01:27Z
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Lucrezi, Serena
Milanese, Martina
Markantonatou, Vasiliki
Cerrano, Carlo
Sarà, Antonio
Palma, Marco
Saayman, Melville
2016-09-12
<p>Authors' Copy.</p>
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<p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS </strong></p>
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<p>The scuba diving tourism industry’s sustainability is affected by various problems.</p>
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<p>These problems were investigated by engaging scuba diving operators in two MPAs.</p>
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<p>Relations with other elements in the Scuba Diving Tourism System were assessed.</p>
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<p>Operators felt the potential of the scuba diving industry, yet limited support.</p>
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<p>General and ad hoc measures to enhance the industry’s sustainability were advanced.</p>
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This document is the accepted Authors’ Copy of the paper published in Tourism Management 59: 385-403. DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.09.004.
The original manuscript was received on 19 April 2016, revised on 2 September 2016, accepted on 3 September 2016, made available online on 12 September 2016. An embargo period of 36 months applies to this Journal.
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)’s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors’ view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Tourism Management, 59, 385-403, (2016-09-12)
Industry
MPA
Operators
Ponta do Ouro
Portofino
Scuba diving
Stakeholders
Tourism
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles Rise for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Scuba diving tourism systems and sustainability: perceptions by the scuba diving industry in two Marine Protected Areas
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oai:zenodo.org:1442012
2020-01-20T12:07:09Z
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Lucrezi, Serena
De Girolamo, Francesco
2017-07-01
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work about the possibility to create integrated packages for the diving industry of the Portofino MPA (Italy).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Hospitality
Scuba diving
Integration
Focus group
Portofino MPA
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
An integrated offer by the hospitality sector to the local scuba diving industry of Portofino
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2020-01-20T14:40:36Z
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Scholtz, Marco
2016-12-24
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work about the willingness to pay of scuba divers in the Portofino Marine Protected Area (Italy).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Scuba diving
Survey
Willingness to Pay
Portofino MPA
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Willingness to pay to dive in the Portofino MPA
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2020-01-20T16:30:55Z
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Altepe, Corentin
Egi S. Murat
Ozyigit, Tamer
Sinoplu, D. Ruzgar
Marroni, Alessandro
Pierleoni, Paola
2017-06-09
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p>Drowning is the major cause of death in self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving. This study proposes an embedded system with a live and light-weight algorithm which detects the breathing of divers through the analysis of the intermediate pressure (IP) signal of the SCUBA regulator. A system composed mainly of two pressure sensors and a low-power microcontroller was designed and programmed to record the pressure sensors signals and provide alarms in absence of breathing. An algorithm was developed to analyze the signals and identify inhalation events of the diver. A waterproof case was built to accommodate the system and was tested up to a depth of 25 m in a pressure chamber. To validate the system in the real environment, a series of dives with two different types of workload requiring different ranges of breathing frequencies were planned. Eight professional SCUBA divers volunteered to dive with the system to collect their IP data in order to participate to validation trials. The subjects underwent two dives, each of 52 min on average and a maximum depth of 7 m. The algorithm was optimized for the collected dataset and proved a sensitivity of inhalation detection of 97.5% and a total number of 275 false positives (FP) over a total recording time of 13.9 h. The detection algorithm presents a maximum delay of 5.2 s and requires only 800 bytes of random-access memory (RAM). The results were compared against the analysis of video records of the dives by two blinded observers and proved a sensitivity of 97.6% on the data set. The design includes a buzzer to provide audible alarms to accompanying dive buddies which will be triggered in case of degraded health conditions such as near drowning (absence of breathing), hyperventilation (breathing frequency too high) and skip-breathing (breathing frequency too low) measured by the improper breathing frequency. The system also measures the IP at rest before the dive and indicates with flashing light-emitting diodes and audible alarm the regulator malfunctions due to high or low IP that may cause fatal accidents during the dive by preventing natural breathing. It is also planned to relay the alarm signal to underwater and surface rescue authorities by means of acoustic communication.</p>
This paper is published as Open Access in the journal Sensors 2017, 17(6), 1349 and can be downloaded from the journal's webpage here: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/6/1349. This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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breathing monitor
inhalation detection
two-stage regulator
continuous monitoring
diving
drowning
hyperventilation
hypercapnia
skip-breathing
European Union (EU)
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Design and Validation of a Breathing Detection System for Scuba Divers
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Lucrezi, Serena
Saayman, Melville
2017-09-04
<p><strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p>
<p>Scuba diving has attracted increased numbers of tourists on a global scale. While the beneficial as well as detrimental impacts of scuba diving tourism have been well documented, limited research attention is given to the perspectives of dive operators with respect to sustainable development. This study examined the perspectives and experiences of dive operators in relation to sustainable resource use in Mozambique and Italy, two countries that are home to popular coastal destinations and offshore marine parks. Interviews suggested that overall operators have positive attitudes towards sustainable resource use, engaging in actions such as deploying four-stroke engines, recycling equipment and waste, and favouring electric- over fuel-powered vehicles. Yet, they do not promote sustainable resource use at the dive centre, with reasons including limited time, lack of government incentives, and absence of rebate systems. Implications were discussed for sustainable diving operations in the study areas and generally.</p>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors extend their gratitude to the participants in the interviews, which are included in the list reported here: http://www.greenbubbles.eu/?cat=70. Special thanks go to Van Dao Truong, Murat Egi, Martina Milanese, Carlo Cerrano, Marco Palma, Waldo Krugell, Miguel Gonçalves, Armand Viljoen, the Peace Parks Foundation, and the management board of Portofino MPA. This study was funded by the Green Bubbles RISE project, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014. The project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 643712. This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.041
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Journal of Cleaner Production, 168(1), 632-644, (2017-09-04)
Dive centre
sustainable
scuba diving
renewable energy
operator
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Sustainable scuba diving tourism and resource use: Perspectives and experiences of operators in Mozambique and Italy
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2020-01-20T14:56:12Z
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Scholtz, Marco
2017-10-26
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work conducted on dive operators and local communities in the region of the Portofino Marine Protected Area (Italy).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Scuba diving
Residents
Local communities
Dive operators
Social impacts
Portofino MPA
Survey
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
The social impact of the scuba diving industry in Liguria, Italy: The voices of the residents & dive operators
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2020-01-20T13:24:31Z
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Kruger, Martinette
2018-01-01
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work in Italy and Mozambique.</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Scuba diving
Survey
Dive operators
Italy
Mozambique
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Enhancing the scuba diving experience
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2021-01-29T16:51:55Z
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Lucrezi, Serena
Milanese, Martina
Danovaro, Roberto
Cerrano, Carlo
2017-10-17
<p><strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p>
<p>Marine biology is an increasingly preferred study major and career among youth. This is particularly the case of countries with extensive coastlines, such as Italy. In order to understand what exactly is fuelling this trend, and whether it culminates in the successful absorption of marine biologists as valued workforce by society, this study investigated the motivations, satisfaction and career goals of marine biology undergraduate students in Italy. Although it was expected that scientific literacy in formal education plays an important role in motivating marine biology students, the results showed that intrinsic motivations and informal education play a more crucial role. The students consider realistic career options, although these imply having to leave the country. The results of this study were used to make recommendations on the importance of marine and ocean literacy in the formal educational system in Italy, and the general improvement of scientific literacy in formal school education. Recommendations were also made on the potential improvements that can be made by higher education institutions, to better equip marine biologists with the skills required by emerging sectors in society. Finally, considerations were made regarding the dimensioning of supply, offer and marketing of employment opportunities for marine biologists in Italy</p>
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biological Education on 17 October 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00219266.2017.1385509
An embargo period of 18 months applies to this Journal.
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license hEp://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Journal of Biological Education, (2017-10-17)
students
marine biology
career
informal learning
scuba diving
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
'Generation Nemo': motivations, satisfaction and career goals of marine biology students
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2020-01-20T17:38:27Z
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Lucrezi, Serena
Milanese, Martina
Palma, Marco
Cerrano, Carlo
2018-08-16
<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p>
<p>Citizen Science (CS) strengthens the relationship between society and science through education and engagement, with win-win benefits. Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is increasingly popular, thanks to society’s growing interest in marine environments and marine issues. Scuba diving significantly increases the potential of MCS, thanks to the skills and behavioural properties of people who participate in the sport. To be able to exploit this potential, however, MCS needs to face challenges related to CS, to scuba diving activities and to the broader scuba diving industry. In particular, engagement and recruitment of potential volunteers, as well as retention of active participants, represent key milestones. In order to reach these milestones, information is required on current participation levels of scuba divers in MCS, as well as the motivations behind participation, and the opinions held by potential participants in MCS. This study explored different case studies and methods of data collection to provide an overview of actual and potential participation in MCS by the scuba diving community. The results show that scuba divers, whether active or potential marine citizen scientists, are well disposed towards MCS. Some barriers, however, prevent the full participation of scuba divers as marine citizen scientists. Certain barriers extend beyond the control of both divers and MCS projects, while others, such as limited access to MCS projects and poor feedback after participation, can and should be addressed. The recommendations of this research provide strategic direction to MCS, so that the broad scuba diving community can be successfully integrated into MCS. These recommendations acknowledge the important role played by stakeholders in the scuba diving industry, as well as professional intermediaries and hired experts.</p>
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. © 2018 Lucrezi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0202484
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PloS ONE, 13(8), e020248, (2018-08-16)
Scientists
Surveys
Marine environments
Marine and aquatic sciences
Conservation science
Marine ecology
Citizen science
Marketing
European Union
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE fos sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A survey of active and potential participants
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2020-01-20T13:17:36Z
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Du Plessis, Engelina
Saayman, Melville
2016-12-12
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<p>The coastline of Portofino, Italy, a famous destination for the rich and famous, attracts thousands of visitors each year. Tourism product owners constitute a significant component of the competitive environment in this area in order to claim a piece of the tourism pie. For the local dive operators, the situation tends to be even more difficult when dealing with strict regulations concerning the marine protected area and a specific market. The identification of critical success factors could offer some insight into the management of these operations. In order to accomplish this, a qualitative research approach was followed by interviewing eight dive operators in the area of Portofino. It was clear that the critical success factor to manage a dive operation was unique to this area and differs from other tourism products by adopting a unique customer relations approach, an emphasis on safety, and the focus on providing a signature product. These results could assist managers of dive operations in identifying new opportunities in terms of management and sought out threats to the business.</p>
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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in European Journal of Tourism research on 12/12/2016. The final authenticated version is available online at:
http://ejtr.vumk.eu/index.php/volume17/503-v17164
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the views of the authors. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. The researchers would like to acknowledge the support of the dive centres who collaborated, and all the people who helped with this survey.
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European Journal of Tourism Research, 17, 164-176, (2016-12-12)
Portofino
Dive operators
Management
Critical success factors
European Union (EU)
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
What makes scuba diving operations successful: The case of Portofino, Italy
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2020-01-20T16:14:39Z
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Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia
Ponti, Massimo
Bavestrello, Giorgio
Krzelj, Maja
Cerrano, Carlo
2017-12-23
<p>In the Mediterranean, habitat-forming corals often characterize essential fish habitats. While their distribution is sufficiently known for the western basin, few data are available from the Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea (CEM). This study fills this gap supplying the largest dataset ever built on the geographical and bathymetric distribution of the most relevant habitat-forming corals (<em>Eunicella cavolini</em>, <em>Eunicella verrucosa</em>, <em>Eunicella singularis</em>, <em>Leptogorgia sarmentosa</em>, <em>Paramuricea clavata</em>, <em>Corallium rubrum</em> and <em>Savalia savaglia</em>) of the CEM. Information collected from different sources such as literature, citizen science, and from the World Wide Web (WWW) was combined. Videos published on the WWW provided additional information on the presence of fishing lines and signs of damage, as well as on the distribution of purple and yellow-purple colonies of <em>Paramuricea clavata</em>. The study highlighted the impressive amount of information that the WWW can offer to scientists, termed here as Web Ecological Knowledge (WEK). The WEK is constantly fuelled by internauts, representing a free, refreshable, long-term exploitable reservoir of information. A quick and easy method to retrieve data from the WWW was illustrated. In addition, the distribution of corals was overlapped to marine protected areas and to the distribution of environmental conditions suitable for coralligenous habitats, fragile biogenic Mediterranean structures hosting complex assemblages in need of strict protection. The collected data allowed identifying priority areas with high species diversity and sites that are impacted by fishing activities. Supplied data can correctly address conservation and restoration policies in the CEM, adding an important contribution to ecosystem-based marine spatial planning.</p>
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Biodiversity and Conservation on 23 December 2017 (First Online). The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1492-8
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This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Acknowledgements We are grateful to everyone who collaborated on this work by supplying information or photos, including Adelmo Sorci (Marlin Tremiti), Robert Horvat (Kornati Diving Center), Egidio Trainito, Franco Banfi, Dr. Giuseppe Piccioli Resta, Michalis Kanakakis, Vincenzo Fedele, Eric Šešelja, Marjan Makuc (Croatia Divers), and the staff of Scuba Diving Otranto, DWD Diving Diso (Lecce), Paxos Oasi Sub, Diving Center Zlatna Luka, Diving Center Ugljan, Pelagos Diving Lampedusa. The research was funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Green Bubbles RISE project, (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014, Grant Agreement Number 643712), the MERCES Project (Marine Ecosystem Restoration in changing European Seas, Grant Agreement Number 689518), the AMER flag project (AMER 2013–2015; Adriatic Marine Ecosystem Recovery) and the PRIN projects (Progetti di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale, http://prin.miur.it) (prot. 2008YBEANX_002) and "Coastal bioconstructions: structures, functions, and management" (prot. 2010Z8HJ5M).
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Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(5), 1257-1276, (2017-12-23)
Biogeography
Citizen Science
Foundation species
Mesophotic habitats
Social media
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Building a baseline for habitat-forming corals by a multi-source approach, including Web Ecological Knowledge
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oai:zenodo.org:2581988
2020-01-20T16:38:18Z
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Scholtz, Marco
Melville, Saayman
2018-06-24
<p>The positive sentiment, as well as the role of the residents as a key stakeholder in the scuba diving tourism system (SDTS) in Italy’s Portofino Marine Protected area (PMPA), is essential for the sustainability of the SDTS. However, studies on this area found that residents did not form part of the planning and the implementation of the MPA or SDTS, and as a result, negativity towards these industries was observed. It was the purpose of this study to determine possible gaps in communication and understanding between two key stakeholders in this SDTS, namely the residents and the dive operators in order to create better undertstanding and resident sentiment towards the industry. This was done through a mixed-method approach. Interviews were held with dive operators, after which a questionnaire was distributed to residents. From the results, misperceptions and miscommunication were found between the two stakeholders which caused negativity in the SDTS. The data showed that residents are not aware that they are stakeholders with an essential role in the SDTS. This study contributes to current literature regarding the importance of residents as stakeholders in SDTSs and the tourism industry as a whole, and the manner in which negative social impact perceptions can foster negativity towards tourism activities. From a practical perspective, this study makes recommendations on how systems such as the PMPA and SDTS should be planned and managed by incorporating the key stakeholders into the planning and implementation, thereby bridging the gaps in communication and understanding between the stakeholders, and building a more sustainable tourism industry.</p>
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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in European Journal of Tourism research on 24/06/2018. The final authenticated version is available online at:
http://ejtr.vumk.eu/index.php/volume20/605-v20rp105
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
The authors wish to extend their gratitude to all the diving charter businesses/schools who participated in the interviews, as well as the residents who completed the questionnaires. Then also an exceptional thanks to Serena Lucrezi, Eliana Ferretti, Ubaldo Pantaleo, Martinette Kruger for assisting with the distribution of the questionnaire. Also, for Serena Lucrezi for helping with the interviews and acting as interpreter.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2581988
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European Journal of Tourism Research, 20, 105-124, (2018-06-24)
Dive operators
Marine protected areas
Marine Tourism
Residents
Scuba diving
Social impact
Stakeholders
European Commission (EU)
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Diving into the consequences of stakeholders unheard
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oai:zenodo.org:1441763
2020-01-20T12:06:37Z
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Scholtz, Marco
2016-12-24
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work about the behaviour of divers visiting the Portofino MPA (Italy).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1441763
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1441762
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Scuba diving
Social Media
Behaviour
Survey
Portofino MPA
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
The social media usage behaviour of scuba divers to Portofino MPA
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2020-01-20T13:40:03Z
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Lucrezi, Serena
Cerrano, Carlo
2017-10-27
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work about marine biology students at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy) in academic year 2015-2016. The report has been published as a peer-reviewed publication entitled: " “Generation Nemo”: motivations, satisfaction and career goals of marine biology students" (see alternate identifiers below).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1441909
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https://zenodo.org/record/1037552#.W7H5cFKNy5l
https://hdl.handle.net/www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00219266.2017.1385509
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1441908
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Marine Biology
University students
Survey
Background
Expectations
Ocean Literacy
Scuba diving
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Profile of marine biology students at the Polytechnic University of Marche 2015-2016
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oai:zenodo.org:1441269
2020-01-20T12:07:00Z
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Du Plessis, Lindie
2017-10-27
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from field work in Malta.</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1441269
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1441268
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Scuba diving
Dive operators
Survey
Malta
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Profiling dive operators in Malta
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2020-01-20T16:31:07Z
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Cialoni, D
Pieri, M
Giunchi, G
Sponsiello, N
Lanzone, MA
Torcello, L
Boaretto, G
Marroni, A
2016-07-01
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Neurological symptoms after breath-hold (BH) diving are often referred to as “Taravana” and considered a form of decompression sickness. However, the presence of “high” gas embolism after BH diving has never been clearly shown. This study showed high bubble formation after BH diving.</p>
<p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We performed transthoracic echocardiography on a 53-year-old male spearfishing diver (180 cm; 80 kg; BMI 24.7) 15 minutes before diving and at 15-minute intervals for 90 minutes after diving in a 42-meter-deep pool. Number of dives, bottom time and surface intervals were freely determined by the diver. Dive profiles were digitally recorded for depth, time and surface interval, using a freediving computer. Relative surface interval (surface interval/diving time) and gradient factor were calculated.</p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>High bubble grades were found in all the recorded echocardiograms. From the first to third recording (45 minutes), Grade 4 Eftedal-Brubakk (EB) bubbles were observed. The 60-, 75- and 90-minute recordings showed a reduction to Grades 3, 2 and 1 EB. Mean calculated GF for every BH dive was 0.22; maximum GF after the last dive was 0.33.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>High bubble grades can occur in BH diving, as confirmed by echocardiographic investigation. Ordinary methods to predict inert gas super- saturation may not able to predict Taravana cases.</p>
This document is the accepted Authors' Copy of the paper published in UHM 2016, 43(4): 449-455.
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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Undersea & hyperbaric medicine: journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 43(4), 449-455, (2016-07-01)
Taravana
Breath-hold diving
Diving
DCI
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Detection of venous gas emboli after repetitive breath-hold dives: case report
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2020-01-20T12:07:01Z
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Lucrezi, Serena
Milanese, Martina
Markantonatou, Vasiliki
Sarà, Antonio
Previati, Monica
Ferraris, Davide
2017-10-27
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from the first Green Bubbles' stakeholders meeting in the Portofino MPA (Italy).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1442348
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https://zenodo.org/record/1039044#.W7I9_VKNy5k
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652617320334
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1442347
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Territorial management
Survey
Portofino MPA
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Kick-off meeting of 16/2/2015-20/2/2015: Questionnaire survey and focus group with diving charters of the Portofino MPA
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2020-01-20T16:15:05Z
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Panebianco, Luca
Scaradozzi, David
Ciuccoli, Nicolò
Zingaretti, Silvia
Costa, Daniele
Altepe, Corentin
Egi, Murat S
Palma, Marco
Pantaleo, Ubaldo
Ferraris, Davide
Micheli, Fiorenza
2017-03-22
<p>In order to obtain robust and measurable data from the marine environment, citizen science projects need user-friendly tools that, during dives, autonomously gather information in an easy, low-cost and integrated way. Data collected from different devices and by different untrained divers must have good estimation of the position where the information has been acquired. With this goal, in the context of the Green Bubbles project, a novel platform, called DocuScooter has been designed and developed. DocuScooter implements all the algorithms to filter and merge data with correct timestamp and position preparing the complete mission report. After the mission, the diver can upload the report on an appropriate web service to produce a 3D documentation. In order to obtain the underwater position during the dive, a tailored device compatible with the platform is also presented. Result of the prototype of the platform and the first results of the position estimation algorithm are presented and discussed.</p>
This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. © 2017 Panebianco et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially.
https://doi.org/10.15406/iratj.2017.02.00010
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Zenodo
https://medcraveonline.com/IRATJ/IRATJ-02-00010
https://zenodo.org/communities/greenbubbles
https://zenodo.org/communities/eu
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International Robotics & Automation Journal, 2(1), 00010, (2017-03-22)
Citizen Science
Underwater robotics
Underwater positioning systems
Marine documentation
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
DocuScooter: An innovative underwater scooter add-on for scuba diving Citizen Science
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oai:zenodo.org:1442280
2020-01-20T14:51:35Z
user-greenbubbles
user-eu
Lucrezi, Serena
Milanese, Martina
Sarà, Antonio
Palma, Marco
2017-10-27
<p>This is a report from the EU project Green Bubbles RISE, summarising results from the first Green Bubbles' stakeholders meeting in Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique).</p>
This report has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This report reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1442280
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Zenodo
https://zenodo.org/record/1039044#.W7I9_VKNy5k
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652617320334
https://zenodo.org/communities/greenbubbles
https://zenodo.org/communities/eu
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1442279
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Scuba diving
Stakeholders
Local industry
Territorial management
Survey
Ponta do Ouro PMR
European Union (EU)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Grant Agreement No 643712
Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving
Green Bubbles
Green Bubbles launch - Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve 5/6/2015-25/6/2015
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