Population monitoring of the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 759-765

  Hissmann, Karen ^a   Fricke, Hans ^a   Schauer, Jürgen ^a  

^a Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FISHERY; HABITAT; MONITORING; POPULATION;

ARTISANAL FISHERY; COASTAL WATERS; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE;

COMOROS;

LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE;

EID: 0031828694     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97060.x     Document Type: Article

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