The environmental status of reefs on Maldivian resort islands: A preliminary assessment for tourism planning

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-106

  Price, Andrew R G ^a   Firaq, Ismael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Boduthakurufaanu Magu   (Maldives)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; REEFS; RESORT ISLANDS; TOURISM PLANNING;

MALDIVES;

EID: 0029731156     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199606)6:2<93::AID-AQC179>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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