"Turtle watching" conservation guidelines: Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) tourism in nearshore coastal environments

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Landry, Melissa S ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Chelonia mydas; Green turtle; Sea turtle conservation; Tourism; Turtle watching

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GUIDELINE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM; TURTLE;

CETACEA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 72249093774     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9707-2     Document Type: Article

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