Discrimination of snipefish Macroramphosus species and boarfish Capros aper morphotypes through multivariate analysis of body shape

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-24

  Lopes, Marta ^a   Murta, Alberto G ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capros aper; Macroramphosus; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FISH; MORPHOTYPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CAPROS APER; MACRORAMPHOSUS;

EID: 33644833801     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-005-0010-7     Document Type: Article

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