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Variations in the number of spines on the left and right posterior dorsal and posterior margins of the prosome as well as the length of the prosome of Acartia tonsa from three estuaries, the upper western side of the Chesapeake Bay, Montauk Bay near the eastern end of Long Island Sound and the coast of Peru were determined. The length of the prosome and number of spines in each of the four locations were used as an indication of morphological similarity between the populations.
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Garmew, T.G., Hammond, S., Mercantini, A., Morgan, J., Neunert, C., Fornshell, J.A. (1994). Morphological variability of geographically distinct populations of the estuarine copepod Acartia Tonsa . In: Ferrari, F.D., Bradley, B.P. (eds) Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 102. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1347-4_20
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