Personal watercraft and boats: Coastal conflicts with common terns

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-34

  Burger, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boats; Co management; Coastal; Conservation; Disturbance; Personal watercraft; Terns

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642486141     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140309353986     Document Type: Article

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