Saccular otolith mass asymmetry in adult flatfishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2579-2594

  Lychakov, D V ^a   Rebane, Y T ^b   Lombarte, A ^c   Demestre, M ^c   Fuiman, L A ^d  

^a SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flatfishes; Mathematical modelling; Morphometry; Saccular otolith

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957072520     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01869.x     Document Type: Article

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