Statistical comparisons of some external morphometrical aspects of the swimming crab Protunus sanguinolentus (Herbst) populations inhabiting the Keelung Shelf and Taiwan Bank

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-197

  Chang, Hsiao Chuan ^a   Hsu, Chien Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Canonical discriminant analysis; Likelihood ratio test; Morphometric characters; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KEELUNG RIVER; TAIWAN; TAIWAN STRAIT;

DECAPODA;

EID: 3343018279     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.2.179(O)     Document Type: Article

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