Otolith-based discrimination of cod ecotypes and the effect of growth rate.
E. P. Jonsson, E. P. Jonsson, S. E. Campana, J. Solmundsson, K. B. Jakobsdottir, H. Bartharson
The paper examines how growth rate affects otolith shape and its ability to discriminate cod ecotypes, finding that growth rate and cohort significantly influence otolith shape, reducing ecotype classification accuracy.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2021Ecology