Shark sanctuaries: Substance or spin?

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6114, 2012, Pages 1538-1539

  Davidson, Lindsay N K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHING; LAW; LETTER; MALDIVES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK;

EID: 84871454773     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.338.6114.1538     Document Type: Letter

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