The value of conserving whales: The impacts of cetacean-related tourism on the economy of rural West Scotland

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 397-415

  Parsons, E C M ^a,b   Warburton, C A ^a,c   Woods Ballard, A ^a,d   Hughes, A ^a,e   Johnston, P ^a  

^a HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Coastal communities; Conservation value; Economics; Scotland; Tourism; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOTOURISM; LOCAL ECONOMY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CETACEA;

EID: 0141428741     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.582     Document Type: Article

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