The Impact of Human Recreational Activities in Marine Protected Areas: What Lessons Should Be Learnt in the Mediterranean Sea?

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Marine Ecology

• Publication date

  2002-12-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Sociology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1439-0485.2002.TB00026.X
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