Coelacanth population, conservation and fishery activity at Grande Comore, West Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 231-236

  Plante, Raphaël ^a   Fricke, Hans ^b   Hissmann, Karen ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b Max Plank Inst F V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coelacanth; Comoro Islands; Conservation measurements; Latimeria

Indexed keywords

CATCH DATA; CONSERVATION; FISHERY ACTIVITY;

COMOROS; GRANDE COMORE; INDIAN OCEAN;

COELACANTHIDAE; LATIMERIA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; PISCES;

EID: 0032575021     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166231     Document Type: Article

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