New frontiers in marine wildlife tourism: An international overview of polar bear tourism management strategies

Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management: Insights from the Natural and Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 361-379

  Lemelin, Harvey ^a   Dyck, Markus ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

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