A morphometric and meristic investigation of Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801): Evidence of population fragmentation on Portuguese coast;Análisis morfométrica y merística en sapo Lusitánico Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801): Evidencia de fragmentación poblacional en la costa Portuguesa

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-231

  Costa, José Lino ^a   De Almeida, Pedro Raposo ^a,b   Costa, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Halobatrachus didactylus; Lusitanian toadfish; Morphometric and meristic analysis; Population fragmentation; Portugal

Indexed keywords

FISH; FRAGMENTATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOMETRY;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS;

EID: 0041627531     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67n2219     Document Type: Article

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