Gender distribution, sexual size dimorphism and morphometric sexing in ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1842-1862

  Leclercq, E ^a   Grant, B ^a   Davie, A ^a   Migaud, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender identification; Geometric morphometrics; Mass length relationship; Truss network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTIFICATION; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; MALE; MASS-LENGTH RELATIONSHIP; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRUSS NETWORK ANALYSIS;

GENDER IDENTIFICATION; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; MASS-LENGTH RELATIONSHIP; TRUSS NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84901650513     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12402     Document Type: Article

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