Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
BISAC NAT010000 Ecology
BISAC NAT045050 Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines
BISAC NAT025000 Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas
BISAC NAT045030 Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions
BISAC SCI081000 Earth Sciences / Hydrology
BISAC SCI092000 Global Warming & Climate Change
BISAC SCI020000 Life Sciences / Ecology
BISAC SCI039000 Life Sciences / Marine Biology
BISAC SOC053000 Regional Studies
BISAC TEC060000 Marine & Naval
This study aimed to assess environmental attitudes of artificial reef related groups via New Environmental Paradigm in which likert scale was used to determine degree of agreement to the thirteen expressions. The environmental attitudes of considered groups including boat-based and shore-based recreational fishermen and commercial fishermen and local residents were calculated as 3,7; 3,6 and 3,6, orderly.
reef user
One of the commonly used and tested assessment method, New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) is a pathfinder towards assessment of environmental attitudes.
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