Application of shape analyses to recording structures of marine organisms for stock discrimination and taxonomic purposes

F Lishchenko, JB Jones - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Morphometric analysis of biogenic recording structures within marine organisms has
applications in stock assessment, taxonomics, and ecomorphological studies, with shape …

Environmental and genetic determinant of otolith shape revealed by a non-indigenous tropical fish

M Vignon, F Morat - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2010 - int-res.com
Otolith morphometrics have been shown to provide a practical basis for stock discrimination
and subsequent fisheries management. However, the determinants of otolith shape are not …

Comparative morphology of the sagittal otolith in three species of south Caspian gobies

A Bani, S Poursaeid, VM Tuset - Journal of Fish Biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Sagittal otolith shapes were investigated in order to identify three sympatric species of south
Caspian gobies (Caspian goby Neogobius caspius, deepwater goby Ponticola bathybius …

A comparison of otolith microchemistry and otolith shape analysis for the study of spatial variation in a deep-sea teleost, Coryphaenoides rupestris

C Longmore, K Fogarty, F Neat, D Brophy… - Environmental biology of …, 2010 - Springer
The study of the morphological and chemical characteristics of otoliths have recently been
proposed as complementary tools for fish stock identification. However, their effectiveness …

Otolith shape analysis for three Sicyopterus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) species from New Caledonia and Vanuatu

C Lord, F Morat, R Lecomte-Finiger, P Keith - Environmental Biology of …, 2012 - Springer
Otolith shape analysis has been used in a number of studies as an inexpensive and
powerful method for categorising fish in individual stocks. Elliptical Fourier analysis was …

Diet is correlated with otolith shape in marine fish

T Mille, K Mahe, M Cachera, MC Villanueva… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
Previous studies have shown that the amount of food influences fish otolith structure, opacity
and shape and that diet composition has an effect on otolith chemical composition. This …

Paradox of otolith shape indices: routine but overestimated use

VM Tuset, JL Otero-Ferrer, C Siliprandi… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
The identification of fish species using otolith shape has been common in many fields of the
marine science. Different analytical processes can be applied for the morphological …

Testing otolith morphology for measuring marine fish biodiversity

VM Tuset, M Farré, JL Otero-Ferrer… - Marine and …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
To check the suitability of otoliths for measuring biodiversity, the contour and shape of the
sulcus acusticus of sagittal otoliths were described using geometric morphological analysis …

Using otolith shape and morphometry to identify four Alburnus species (A. chalcoides, A. escherichii, A. mossulensis and A. tarichi) in Turkish inland waters

D Bostanci, N Polat, G Kurucu, S Yedier… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Asteriscus otolith shapes as well as their morphometry and shape contours were
investigated in order to identify four allopatric Alburnus species: A. chalcoides (Güldenstädt …

The use of otolith shape and morphometry for identification and size‐estimation of five wrasse species in predator‐prey studies

F Škeljo, J Ferri - Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Sagittal otoliths of five wrasse species, Coris julis, Symphodus tinca, Symphodus cinereus,
Symphodus ocellatus and Symphodus rostratus from the eastern Adriatic were compared …