Form changes in the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Moronidae: Teleostei), after acclimation to freshwater: An analysis using shape coordinates

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-175

  Corti, Marco ^a   Loy, Angelo ^b   Cataudella, Stefano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecophenotypism; Geometric morphometrics; Morphometrics; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MORONIDAE; PERCIFORMES; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

FRESHWATER ACCLIMATIZATION; SEA BASS;

EID: 0029662493     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005039     Document Type: Article

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