Quantifying complex shapes: Elliptical fourier analysis of octocoral sclerites

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-237

  Carlo, Joseph M ^a   Barbeitos, Marcos S ^a   Lasker, Howard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLONY STRUCTURE; CORAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELLIPSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ALCYONACEA; GORGONIIDAE; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA;

EID: 79959901644     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n3p224     Document Type: Article

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