Comment on Shashar et al. Artificial Reef Deployment Reduces Diving Pressure from Natural Reefs—The Case of Introductory Dives in Eilat, Red Sea. Oceans 2024, 5, 71–80
1. Introduction
2. Comments
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zvuloni, A.; Shaked, Y. Comment on Shashar et al. Artificial Reef Deployment Reduces Diving Pressure from Natural Reefs—The Case of Introductory Dives in Eilat, Red Sea. Oceans 2024, 5, 71–80. Oceans 2025, 6, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans6020023
Zvuloni A, Shaked Y. Comment on Shashar et al. Artificial Reef Deployment Reduces Diving Pressure from Natural Reefs—The Case of Introductory Dives in Eilat, Red Sea. Oceans 2024, 5, 71–80. Oceans. 2025; 6(2):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans6020023
Chicago/Turabian StyleZvuloni, Assaf, and Yonathan Shaked. 2025. "Comment on Shashar et al. Artificial Reef Deployment Reduces Diving Pressure from Natural Reefs—The Case of Introductory Dives in Eilat, Red Sea. Oceans 2024, 5, 71–80" Oceans 6, no. 2: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans6020023
APA StyleZvuloni, A., & Shaked, Y. (2025). Comment on Shashar et al. Artificial Reef Deployment Reduces Diving Pressure from Natural Reefs—The Case of Introductory Dives in Eilat, Red Sea. Oceans 2024, 5, 71–80. Oceans, 6(2), 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans6020023