Benchmarking recreational boating pressure in the Rottnest Island reserve, Western Australia

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-317

  Smallwood, Claire B ^a   Beckley, Lynnath E ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fishing; Marine management; Moorings; Scuba diving; Zoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951679103     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427308788714821     Document Type: Article

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