Hematological differences between stingrays at tourist and non-visited sites suggest physiological costs of wildlife tourism

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1818-1829

  Semeniuk, Christina A D ^a   Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Smith, Sylvia L ^b   Rothley, Kristina D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cayman Islands; Conservation physiology; Hematology; Physiological costs; Stingray; Wildlife management; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; HEMATOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TOURIST DESTINATION; WILD POPULATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANIMALIA; DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS AMERICANA;

EID: 67349276616     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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