SCUBA diving and marine conservation: Collab oration at two Aus tralian sub tropica l destinations

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 77-90

  Hammerton, Zan ^a   Dimmock, Kay ^b   Hahn, Christine ^b   Dalton, Steven J ^a   Smith, Stephen D A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Marine tourism; NSW volunteer organizations; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863271372     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427312X13262430524180     Document Type: Article

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