Morphological variability among seven populations of brown trout, Salmo trutta L., in Greece |
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Authors: | Y. Karakousis,C. Triantaphyllidis, P. S. Economidis,&dagger |
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Affiliation: | Department of Genetics, Development, and Molecular Biology;Department of Zoology, University of Thessaloniki, GR 540 06, Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Abstract: | Morphological variation in five meristic and 21 morphometric characters was examined in the brown trout, Salmo trutta L., from seven distinct streams and rivers from N and NW Greece. Variation within each sample, estimated as the multivariate generalization of the coefficient of variation, did not vary substantially among the populations. The phenetic relationships of these populations were examined using the stepwise discriminant analysis. The taxonomic implications of these results are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Salmo trutta Greece, morphometric variation meristic variation, multivariate analysis |
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