INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBLE UTILITY OF MERISTIC CHARACTERS OF FISHES AS INDICATORS OF COASTAL CIRCULATION

Abstract

Meristic characters of fishes, e.g. numbers of vertebrae, fin spines, and fin rays give a good account of the thermal history during early development. Preliminary studies indicated that by intensive sampling of populations of juveniles of certain species as they arrived from their larval tour in the plankton, a good assessment could be made of the direction this larval tour had taken.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0402754

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  • University of Oregon

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  • Fish
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Personality
  • Puget Sound
  • Spinal Column
  • Spine
  • Statistical Analysis
  • United States

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