Abstract
ABSTRACT DEIDUN, A and VELLA, P., 2011. Marine Ecological Impact Considerations for Cruise Liner Facility Development at Two Coastal Sites in the Maltese Islands. In: Micallef, A. (ed.), MCRR3–2010 Conference Proceedings, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 61, pp. 114–122. Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, ISSN 0749–0208. The insatiable demand for cruise liner berthing spaces as a result of the spectacular increase in cruise-mediated tourism has prompted Maltese authorities to identify additional sites to around the Maltese Islands accommodate such a development, including the Grand Harbour in Malta and Mgarr Harbour in Gozo. The study gives a broadbrush overview of the benthic infralittoral biocoenoses and assemblages and attempts to anticipate the significance of cruise terminal development-related impacts on the same habitats and communities. Ecological sampling techniques included scraping for fouling assemblages, coring for infaunal communities and semiquantitative visual census for benthic and ...
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