Human Impacts on Cable Beach, Broome (Western Australia)
Human Impacts on Cable Beach, Broome (Western Australia)
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DOI：
10.1080/08920750601042302
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发表时间：
2007-03
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
J. Foster-Smith;A. Birchenough;S. M. Evans;J. Prince
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作者：
J. Foster-Smith;A. Birchenough;S. M. Evans;J. Prince
有人担心，拥有非凡自然美景和澳大利亚西北部布鲁姆和金伯利地区主要旅游景点的凯布尔海滩正受到娱乐用途的破坏，特别是越野车辆造成的破坏。为了评估目前人类对海岸及其动物的影响程度，对海滩最南端的公里进行了调查，调查了人类使用情况和岸上螃蟹的数量，其中包括车辆可以进入的区域和邻近区域。在记录期间，在车辆通达率较高的地区，人类使用量很高。垃圾的数量虽然可观，但远低于世界其他一些其他旅游目的地的记录。在车辆使用率高的地区，幽灵蟹Ocypode spp和沙泡虫Scopimera ifata的洞穴都比使用率低的地区少。这两个物种在监测人类对凯布尔海滩的影响方面可能有价值。
There are concerns that Cable Beach, which is of outstanding natural beauty and a major tourist attraction for Broome and the Kimberley region of northwest Australia, is suffering damage from recreational use, particularly that caused by off-road vehicles. To assess current levels of human impact on the shore and its fauna, the southern-most kilometer of the Beach, covering an area to which vehicles had access and an adjacent area closed to vehicles, was surveyed for human usage and shore crab abundance. Human usage over the recording period was high in the area with high vehicular access. The amount of litter, although considerable, was well below that recorded in some other tourist destinations elsewhere in the world. Burrows of both the ghost crabs Ocypode spp, and the sand bubbler, Scopimera inflata, were less numerous in areas of high vehicle use than those of low use. Both species may be valuable in monitoring human impacts on Cable Beach.