Application of a newly developed statistical procedure to morphometric data from American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) in the Canadian Northwest Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-203

  Bowering, W R ^a   Misra, R K ^a   Brodie, W B ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American plaice; Morphometrics; Multivariate statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PLAICE; MORPHOMETRICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST);

HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES;

EID: 0031960510     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(97)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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