NAFO posted on November 01, 1981 00:28
W. H. Lear, R. Wells and W. Templeman
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Research and Resource Services
P. O. Box 5667, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1C 5X1
Source - Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, Volume 2: 57-60
ISSN-0250-7408
Abstract
Analysis of the average numbers of vertebrae in 21 year-classes of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., produced on Flemish Cap during 1940-66, indicated minimal variation in vertebral averages among year-classes. Although variances of the vertebral frequencies for these year-classes were found to be heterogeneous and their means significantly different, the variances of 17 vertebral frequencies were homogeneous and their means, ranging from 54.37 to 54.78. did not differ significantly. It was concluded that the factors responsible for determining the vertebral numbers in cod on Flemish Cap are not subject to great variation.
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Language - English
Publisher - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), Dartmouth, N.S., Canada
Publication Date - October 1981
Publication Type - Journal Article
Descriptors - Atlantic cod, Flemish Cap, meristics
Citation: Lear, W.H., Wells, R. and Templeman, W. 1981. Variation in Vertebral Averages for Year-Classes of Atlantic Cod,
Gadus morhua, on Flemish Cap. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 2: 57-60. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v2.a6