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ArticleMarine environmental research2021

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on coral reef fishes at eco-tourism sites in Bora-Bora, French Polynesia.

David Lecchini, Rohan M Brooker, Viliame Waqalevu, Emma Gairin, Lana Minier, Cecile Berthe, Rainui Besineau, Guilhem Blay, Tehani Maueau, Vincent Sturny and 3 more

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Article in Marine environmental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

David LecchiniPSL Université Paris, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR3278 CRIOBE, 98729, Moorea, French Polynesia; Laboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France. Electronic address: david.lecchini@ephe.sorbonne.fr.
Rohan M BrookerSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Queenscliff, 3225, Australia.
Viliame WaqalevuLaboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France; School of Marine Studies, University of the South Pacific, 679, Suva, Fiji.
Emma GairinLaboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France; PSL Université Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005, Paris, France.
Lana MinierPSL Université Paris, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR3278 CRIOBE, 98729, Moorea, French Polynesia; Laboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France.
Cecile BerthePSL Université Paris, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR3278 CRIOBE, 98729, Moorea, French Polynesia; Laboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France.
Rainui BesineauComité Du Tourisme de Bora Bora & de Bora Bora Activités, 98730, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia.
Guilhem BlayLagoon Service & Reef Discovery, 98730, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia.
Tehani MaueauAssociation Ia Vai Ma Noa Bora-Bora, 98730, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia.
Vincent SturnyPolynésienne des Eaux, Vaitape, 98730, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia.
Tamatoa BambridgePSL Université Paris, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR3278 CRIOBE, 98729, Moorea, French Polynesia; Laboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France.
Gaston Tong SangTown Hall, Vaitape, 98730, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia.
Frédéric BertucciLaboratoire D'Excellence "CORAIL", 66100, Perpignan, France; Functional and Evolutionary Morphology Lab, University of Liège, 4000, Liege, Belgium.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of French Polynesia · PFDeakin University · AULabex Corail · FRUniversité Paris Sciences et Lettres · FRUniversity of Liège · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a global lockdown in mid-2020, leading to a rapid decline in international travel and tourism. In French Polynesia, marine-based tourism activities ceased in March 2020 with the suspension of international flights (i.e., 45 days - between 20th March and 04

Indexed as

AnthozoaCoral ReefsCOVID-19TourismAnimalsCommunicable Disease ControlFishesHumansPandemicsPolynesiaCoral reefCOVID-19Eco-tourism sitesFishesFuture managementHuman activities

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PMID34418732
PMCPMC9272407
OpenAlexW3195363258

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