The effect of sample size on the stability of principal components analysis of truss-based fish morphometrics

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-496

  Kocovsky, Patrick M ^a   Adams, Jean V ^a   Bronte, Charles R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Green Bay Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; EIGENVALUE; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; PERCID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALMONID; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

MORONE AMERICANA; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 79955119390     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-091.1     Document Type: Article

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