Management of marine mammal tours on the great Barrier Reef

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-49

  Stokes, T ^a   Dobbs, K ^a   Recchia, C ^b  

^a GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^b Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolphin; Dugong; Dwarf minke whale; Great Barrier Reef; Humpback whale; Tourism; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949092756     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM02039     Document Type: Article

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