Using body geometric morphometrics to identify bluemouth, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Helicolenus dactylopterus</Emphasis> (Delaroche, 1809) populations in the Northeastern Atlantic |
| |
Authors: | Vera Sequeira Rebeca Rodríguez-Mendoza Ana Neves Rafaela Paiva Fran Saborido-Rey Leonel Serrano Gordo |
| |
Institution: | 1.Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Centro de Oceanografia,Universidade de Lisboa,Lisbon,Portugal;2.Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo,Vigo,Spain |
| |
Abstract: | In this study, landmark-based geometric morphometric methods were applied to evaluate the possible existence of different
bluemouth, Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809), populations in the NE Atlantic. Fish were obtained from commercial landings in Azores, Madeira, and Peniche
(mainland Portugal). Samples from a research survey along the Galician coast (Spain) were also included in this study. A generalized
procrustes analysis was done to remove non-shape variation. Then, the obtained shape variables were statistically adjusted
to eliminate allometry and permit a comparative analysis of the samples. The discriminant analysis performed to test the homogeneity
of the data set regarding sex revealed no shape differences between males and females within the four areas under study. The
body shapes of bluemouth differed significantly among the four areas using Procrustes distances (P < 0.01). In this study, a considerable morphological heterogeneity within the Azores group was observed, which could reflect
a substructure of the bluemouth population within this area. According to our results, bluemouth from Galicia and Peniche
seem to be relatively well separated from each other, despite both areas are relatively close geographically. Bluemouth from
Madeira was well differentiated from the rest of locations and presented the highest correct classification rate in the discriminant
analysis. In conclusion, morphological differences suggest that different bluemouth populations exist in the NE Atlantic,
but an integrated approach, using different methods, would be needed to confirm the population structure of this species. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|