A Further Study on Winter Flounder Group Identification Off Massachusetts
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 106 (2) , 131-139
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1977)106<131:afsowf>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Dorsal and anal fin ray number variation was studied in 5,322 young‐of‐the‐year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum), collected from the Cape Cod region during 1969–71. Data were analyzed by Duncanˈs multiple range tests, analysis of variance, and t‐tests. Flounder from separate estuaries did not constitute individual groups. The existence of a north‐of‐Cape‐Cod group and a south‐of‐Cape‐Cod group was confirmed; a Marthaˈs Vineyard group was identified.Keywords
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- Geographical Variation in Fin Ray Number in Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum), Off MassachusettsTransactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1970