External shape analyses in Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810) from different environments

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-68

  Antonucci, F ^a,b   Boglione, C ^a   Cerasari, V ^a   Caccia, E ^a   Costa, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherina boyeri; ecomorphology; fish ecology; geometric morphometric; image analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SHAPE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FISH; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINIDAE;

EID: 84858434325     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2011.595431     Document Type: Article

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