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The Impact of Ecotourism Boats on the St Lawrence Beluga Whales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Jean M. Blane  and
Reiner Jaakson
Jean M. Blane
Affiliation:
Public Review and Assessment, Federal Environmental Assessment Office, Environment Canada, Hull K1A 0H3, Canada
Reiner Jaakson
Affiliation:
Environment & Resource Management Program, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A1, Canada.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1994 , pp. 267 - 269
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1994

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