Do tour boats affect fur seals at Montague Island, New South Wales?

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-27

  Shaughnessy, Peter D ^a,b   Nicholls, Anthony O ^a   Briggs, Sue V ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fur seals; Tour boats; Wildlife interactions; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949121395     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427308785855260     Document Type: Article

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