Managing endangered species within the use-preservation paradox: The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) as a tourism attraction

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-83

  Sorice, Michael G ^a   Shafer, C Scott ^a   Ditton, Robert B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human wildlife interactions; Manatee; Marine mammals; Swim with; Trichechus manatus; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RIVERS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATER QUALITY;

HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS; MARINE MAMMALS; SWIM WITH; WILDLIFE TOURISM;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; TOURISM; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OBSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

CRYSTAL RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 29544446386     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0125-7     Document Type: Article

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