Analysis of research:

For the analysis of my research I have decided to take each of my sources/websites etc. individually and assess their use in answering my essay title, and how I may use them and incorporate information into my essay.

http://www.coralcay.org/volunteer/montserrat/ - this website explicitly states how volunteer divers assist with the marine surveys and protection of reefs and it also says directly where the data is being used - which suggests that the work of the divers is genuine and useful - however, because it is only a summary of the work that is involved, it only provides a brief outlook on the surveys that divers carry out in Monserrat and therefore doesn't actually suggest the impact of the projects themselves. Although it is a good example of projects which are very much open to the public and a nice contrast to scientific surveys monitoring the impact of divers, yet it doesn't particularly allow me to analyse the work which they do - this is probably because it is a website and thus biased towards encouraging people to become a volunteer.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00015.x/abstract - the abstract of this report is very useful for my study as it goes into lots of detail about the data which was compiled by recreational divers and the links in their data to seahorse sightings. It also concludes that recreational divers are in fact a benefit to marine conservation, which definitely supports the 'for' side to my argument

http://www.mcsuk.org/press/view/21 - More detailed example of named expeditions around Duncansby Head where divers have collected useful marine information, incl. 'the first marine life records from little-dived reefs in the Pentland Firth'. Heavily positive article from the Marine Conservation Society's website. Useful in 'for' side of argument - possible case study (and contacts-?). Rather brief though.

http://www.mcsuk.org/what_we_do/Wildlife%20protection/Conservation%20in%20action/MCS%20Seasearch%20divers%20discover%20new%20sponge%20species - Short description of a species discovered by recreational divers. Again via the 'Seasearch' divers - could combine the expeditions from this organisation into a larger case study, or the article could be used in a paragraph about divers discovering new species. The website explores the fact that 'amateur data' attracts experienced scientists and conservationists, so I could explore the idea that 'amateur data' is becoming more relied upon - esp. through the use of recreational divers

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X00000229 - a more economical benefit of divers towards maintaining reefs - not just the environmental impacts. The article provides a case study of an ecosystem under threat somewhere outside the UK therefore enabling me to suggest that divers are beneficial to reefs globally (later contrast with reef breakages in Australia). The problem with this article is that I am only able to view the abstract, and a purchase must be made to view the entire piece.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569102000492 - a similar study in the Philippines outlining the economic benefits of divers, I shall use this to corroborate my previous article

http://www.projectbaseline.org/gulfstream/category/osborne-tire-reef/ - Another case study - this time on coastal clean-ups due to the failure of the Osborne artificial tyre reef. Useful website with videos, pictures and info on how recreational divers located and retrieved the tyres which had migrated far from where they were originally predicted. - incl. marking the perimeter of the tyre distribution.