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Recovery of cichlid species in Lake Victoria: an examination of factors leading to differential extinction

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  1. Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    F. Witte

  2. Mwanza Centre, Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 475, Mwanza, Tanzania

    B.S. Msuku & E.F.B. Katunzi

  3. Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J.H. Wanink, O. Seehausen, P.C. Goudswaard & T. Goldschmidt

  4. Biodiversity and Ecology Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 7PX, UK

    O. Seehausen

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Witte, F., Msuku, B., Wanink, J. et al. Recovery of cichlid species in Lake Victoria: an examination of factors leading to differential extinction. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 10, 233–241 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016677515930

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