Variation in morphological characteristics of Japanese fluvial sculpin related to different environmental conditions in a single river system in eastern Japan

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-120

  Natsumeda, Takaharu ^a,b   Tsuruta, Tetsuya ^a,c   Takeshima, Hirohiko ^a,d   Awata, Satoshi ^a,e   Iguchi, Kei'ichiro ^a,f  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body depth; Caudal peduncle depth; Discriminant function analysis; Environmental condition; Tributary scale

Indexed keywords

COTTIDAE; COTTUS; COTTUS POLLUX;

EID: 84897602191     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12045     Document Type: Article

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