Grey nurse shark human interactions and portrayals: A study of newspaper portrayals of the grey nurse shark from 1969-2003

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Volumn , Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Boissonneault, Marie France ^a,b   Gladstone, William ^a   Scott, Paul ^a   Cushing, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b The University of Newcastle ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; MEDIA ROLE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; PLACIDA;

EID: 30544432143     PISSN: 10767975     EISSN: 10767975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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