Oceanographic environment of the Sodwana Bay coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae), South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 435-443

  Roberts, M J ^a,b   Ribbink, A J ^a   Morris, T ^a,c   Van Den Berg, M A ^b   Engelbrecht, D C ^c   Harding, R T ^b  

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

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c Bayworld   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CURRENT VELOCITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; AGULHAS CURRENT; COMOROS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KWAZULU-NATAL; SODWANA BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; COELACANTHIDAE; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE;

EID: 33947120709     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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