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Morphometric investigations in cyprinid biology

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Cyprinid Fishes

Part of the book series: Fish & Fisheries Series ((FIFI,volume 3))

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Following the publication of Multivariate Morphometrics (Blackith and Rey-ment, 1971), the field of morphometrics has witnessed a renaissance in both theory and practice. Bookstein (1977, 1982) attributed the theoretical foundation of morphometrics to D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form (1942), which sought to express biological form in terms of physical laws. There followed a long period of quiescence, when little or no advancement to the conceptual framework was made. Meanwhile, the foundations of multivariate statistics were being laid by T. W. Anderson, R. A. Fisher, H. Hotelling, C. R. Rao, and others.

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    Ian J. Winfield

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, T6G 2E9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Joseph S. Nelson

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Schaefer, S.A. (1991). Morphometric investigations in cyprinid biology. In: Winfield, I.J., Nelson, J.S. (eds) Cyprinid Fishes. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3092-9_3

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