Marine geophysical technology used to define coelacanth habitats on the KwaZulu-Natal shelf, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 427-434

  Ramsay, Peter J ^a   Miller, Warwick R ^a  

^a Marine GeoSolutions   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISH; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAP; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AFRICA; KWAZULU; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COELACANTHIDAE;

EID: 33947149639     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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