Utility of Meristic and Morphometric Characters for Identification of Capelin ( Mallotus villosus ) Stocks in Canadian Atlantic Waters

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Sharp, Joan C., Able, Kenneth W., Leggett, William C., Carscadden, James E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
• Subjects: General Medicine; Notre Dame Bay; Sept-Îles; Herring Neck; Natashquan; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f78-016; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f78-016

Multivariate discriminant function analyses were performed on 9 morphometric and 11 meristic characters of capelin (Mallotus villosus) samples at Île aux Coudres in the St. Lawrence estuary; Sept Îles, Natashquan, and Grande Rivière in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Southeast Shoal on the Grand Banks; an...