Morphological analysis of geographic variation of sea lamprey ammocoetes in Portuguese river basins

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 602, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-59

  Almeida, P R ^a,b   Tomaz, G ^b   Andrade, N O ^b   Quintella, B R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Condition factor; Meristic; Morphometric; Petromyzon marinus; Transformers

Indexed keywords

FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL SEGREGATION; PETROMYZON MARINUS; TRANSFORMERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EEL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LARVA; MERISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; RIVER BASIN; TERRITORY;

CAVADO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA RIVER; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LIMIA RIVER; MINHO RIVER; MONDEGO RIVER; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS BASIN; VOUGA RIVER;

ANIMALIA; PETROMYZON; PETROMYZON MARINUS;

EID: 41049109380     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9285-4     Document Type: Article

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