The South African coelacanths - An account of what is known after three submersible expeditions

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 491-500

  Hissmann, Karen ^a,b   Fricke, Hans ^b   Schauer, Jürgen ^a,b   Ribbink, Anthony J ^c   Roberts, Mike ^d   Sink, Kerry ^c   Heemstra, Phillip ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CAVE; SUBMERSIBLE;

AFRICA; GREATER ST. LUCIA WETLAND PARK; KWAZULU; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COELACANTHIDAE;

EID: 33947113859     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Smith J.L.B. (1939). A living fish of the Mesozoic type. Nature 143, 455-456.
2. Bruton M.N., Cabral A.J.P. and Fricke H. (1992). First capture of a coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae (Pisces, Latimeridae), off Mozambique. S. Afr. J. Sci. 88, 225-227.
3. Heemstra P.C., Freemann A.L.J., Yan Wong H., Hensley D.A. and Rabesandratana H.D. (1996). First authentic capture of a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae (Pisces, Latimeriidae) off Madagascar. S. Afr. J. Sci. 88, 225-227.
4. Schliewen U., Fricke H., Schartl M., Epplen J.T. and Pääbo S. (1993). Which home for coelacanths? Nature 363, 405.
5. De Vos L. and Oyugi D. (2002). First capture of a coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (Pisces: Latimeriidae), off Kenya. S. Afr. J. Sci. 98, 345-347.
6. Benno B., Verheij E., Stapley J., Rumisha C., Ngatunga B., Abdallah A. and Kalombo H. (2006). Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939) discoveries and conservation in Tanzania. S. Afr. J. Sci. 102, 486-490.
7. Venter P., Timm P., Gunn G., le Roux E., Serfontein C., Smith P., Smith E., Bensch M., Harding D. and Heemstra P. (2000). Discovery of a viable population of coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939) at Sodwana Bay, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Sci. 96, 567-568.
8. Lutjeharms J.R.E., Monterio P.M.S., Tyson P.D. and Obura D. (2001). The oceans around Southern Africa and regional effects of global change. S. Afr. J. Sci, 97, 119-130.
9. Fricke H. and Plante R. (1988). Habitat requirements of the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae at Grande Comore, Indian Ocean. Naturwissenschaften 75, 149-151.
10. Fricke H., Hissmann K., Schauer J., Reinicke O., Kasang L. and Plante R. (1991). Habitat and population size of the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae at Grand Comoro. Environ. Biol. Fishes 32, 287-300.
11. Fricke H., Schauer J., Hissmann K., Kasang L. and Plante R. (1991). Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae aggregates in caves: first observations on their resting habitat and social behaviour. Environ. Biol. Fishes 32, 281-285.
12. Fricke H. and Hissmann K. (1994). Home range and migration of the living coelacanth. Mar. Biol. 120, 171-180.
13. Fricke H., and Hissmann K. (2002). Feeding ecology and survival of the living coelacanth. Mar. Biol. 136, 379-386.
14. Fricke H., Hissmann K., Schauer J., Erdmann M., Moosa M.K. and Plante R. (2000). Biogeography of the Indonesian coelacanths. Nature 403, 38.
15. World Conservation Union (1996). IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland.
16. Ramsay P.J. and Miller W.R. (2006). Marine geophysical technology used to define coelacanth habitats on the KwaZulu-Natal shelf, South Africa. S. Afr. J. Sci. 102, 427-434.
17. Schauer J., Hissmann K. and Fricke H. (1997). A method for deployment of externally attached sonic fish tags from a manned submersible and their effects on coelacanths. Mar. Biol. 128, 359-362.
18. Hissmann K., Fricke H. and Schauer J. (2000). Patterns of time and space utilisation in coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae) determined by ultrasonic telemetry. Mar. Biol. 136, 943-952.
19. Heemstra P.C., Fricke H., Hissmann, K., Schauer J., Smale M. and Sink K. (2006) Interactions of fishes with particular reference to coelacanths in the canyons at Sodwana Bay and the St Lucia Marine Protected Area of South Africa. S. Afr. J. Sci. 102, 461-465.
20. Sink K., Boshoff W., Samaai T., Timm P.G. and Kerwath S.E. (2005). Observations of the habitats and biodiversity of the submarine canyons at Sodwana Bay. S. Afr. J. Sci. 102, 466-474.
21. Bruton M.N. and Armstrong M.J. (1991). The demography of the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae. Environ. Biol. Fishes 32, 301-311.
22. Schartl M., Hornung U., Hissmann K., Schauer J. and Fricke H. (2005). Relatedness among east African coelacanths. Nature 435, 901.
23. Locket N.A. (1980). Some advances in coelacanth biology. Proc. R. Soc. B 208, 265-307.
24. Northcutt R.G. (1980). Anatomical evidence of electroperception in the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae. Zbl. Vet. Med. C. Anat. Histol. Embryol. 9, 289-295.
25. Hughes G.M. (1995). The gills of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, a study in relation to body size. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 347, 427-438.
26. Hughes G.M. and Itazawa Y. (1972). The effect of temperature on the respiratory function of coelacanth blood. Experientia 18, 1247.
27. Hissmann K., Fricke H. and Schauer J. (1998). Population monitoring of the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae). Conserv. Biol. 12, 759-765.
28. Hissmann K., Fricke H. and Schauer J. (2002). The South African coelacanth habitat - geomorphology and distribution of caves. ACEP Report, SAIAB, Grahamstown.
29. Hissmann K., Fricke H. and Schauer J. (2002). Megabenthos (invertebrates) biodiversity of the Sodwana Canyons - preliminary report. ACEP Report, SAIAB, Grahamstown.