Distinguishing small juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) by comparing meristic characters and discriminant function analyses of morphometric data

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1054-1062

  Methven, David A ^a   McGowan, Colin ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

GADUS MORHUA; GADUS OGAC;

EID: 0032409410     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-046     Document Type: Article

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