WANTED: Articles/links/references to Marine Conservation on Shipwrecks

[DevonDiver]

Would be really grateful if anyone can supply relevant links to support a shipwreck preservation/conservation from an environmental perspective.

The sort of thing I'm looking for is scientific/academic or government body reports or articles on:

1) Value of shipwrecks as marine ecosystems.

2) Studies of marine life on ship wreck sites.

3) Marine life types on tropical shipwrecks.

4) Information about the negative impacts of salvage/damage to marine ecosystems when shipwrecks disappear.


I want to improve upon this list (which is mostly archaeology based):

http://saveoursubicwrecks.wordpress.com/campaign-to-respect-our-wrecks-in-subic-bay/resources-and-reading/

You get my drift....

Thanks!

 

[smellzlikefish]

A guy out here by the name of Derek Smith recently wrote his master's thesis on succession on artificial reefs. Also, check out:

Wrecks and Obstructions (AWOIS)

Day Use Mooring Coastal Proection Program | Malama Kai Foundation

Maritime Heritage Program: Expeditions

The last link is associated with Hans van Tilburg who is THE authority of wrecks in Hawaii.