期刊
FISHERIES RESEARCH
卷 101, 期 1-2, 页码 127-131出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.09.018
关键词
Ameghinomya antiqua; Fisheries management; Geometric morphometrics; Phenotypic stock; Shell shape variation
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资金
- Centro Nacional Patagonico (CONICET)
- PICT [1398]
The striped clam (Ameghinomya antiqua (King, 1832)) metapopulation of the San Jose Gulf is a good model for phenotypic stocks studies based on the shell shape variation in different fishing grounds. These sites show differences in circulation, tidal currents, coastal topography, and bathymetry. Furthermore, it is known that the diverse environments produce differences in the growth rate of this species. In the current work, we study the shell shape changes in the striped clam from different fishing grounds of the San Jose Gulf through geometric morphometrics methods. Outlines and landmarks analyses were successful to determinate the provenance of the individuals, with almost the 90% of correct assignations for the most of the fishing grounds. The different methodologies showed variations in diverse morphological traits, and as a result different patterns of the shell shape among localities were evidenced. Moreover, each site presented a typical shell shape. Our results showed that the geometric morphometrics methods are powerful tools to identify and separate intra-specific groups. This approach is applicable to other exploited species with subtle shape variations. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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