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10 Steps To Better Eco-Diving in Kelp Forests
URL: http://www.montereybay.noaa.gov/visitor/dive/divinginkelp.html

Description:
Guidelines for safe scuba diving in kelp forests, "both to protect the diver and to avoid damaging the kelp plants." Topics include preparation and equipment, diving techniques to avoid entanglement in kelp, ecosystem disturbance, and more. From the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Author:
Cousteau, Jean-Michel

Publisher:
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Kelp bed ecology
Kelps
Scuba diving -- Safety measures

LII Database Information:
Record 21537 created by Jennifer English on 05/15/2006
Last modification on 05/16/2006
Published: 05/18/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21537