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A System for Recording Measurements of Fish Scales
Author(s) -
Shapovalov Leo
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1944)74[59:asfrmo]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , scale (ratio) , degree (music) , computer science , statistics , fishery , mathematics , biology , geography , acoustics , cartography , physics
A system for recording measurements of fish scales is described. Symbols to denote various features of life history and, in the case of doubtful features, to express the “degree of doubt” in a definite manner, are listed. Two alternative procedures for gauging the validity of scale interpretations are suggested.