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Habitat requirements of the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae at grande comore, Indian Ocean

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8131, Seewiesen

    H. Fricke

  2. Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille, France

    R. Plante

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This study was supported by a DFG grant to H. Fricke. We thank the Max Planck Society, the Zoological Society in Frankfurt, WWF Germany and Geo-Magazin for further support and our colleagues for technical help and for reading a draft of this report.

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Fricke, H., Plante, R. Habitat requirements of the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae at grande comore, Indian Ocean. Naturwissenschaften 75, 149–151 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405310

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