Gender, Age, and Seasonal Variation in Scale Characteristics of <i>Alburnus sellal</i> Heckel, 1843 from the Tigris River (Turkey) a Geometric Morphometric Study
Abstract In this study, 37 female and 40 male Alburnus sellal individuals from the Tigris River were analyzed. Using geometric morphometrics, significant differences in scale size between sexes were found, but none in shape. Seasonal and age groups showed significant differences in both size and shape, with females and autumn individuals having larger scales. Scale size increased with age. PCA showed variation across age, season, and sex, while CVA and DFA revealed shape differences between age and seasonal groups, but not between sexes.
Authors
- Alaettin Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-9413)
- Serbest Bilici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3787-4452)
- Muhammed Yaşar Dörtbudak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-5678)
- Tarık Çiçek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-5598)
- Erhan Ünlü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5453-6140)
Institutions
- Dicle University (TR)
- Şırnak University (TR)
- Harran University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2024-0017
- Primary Topic
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00