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Title: Application of the geometric morphometrics approach in the discrimination of morphological traits between brown trout lineages in the Danube Basin of Croatia
Authors: Špelić, Ivan
Rezić, Andrea
Kanjuh, Tamara 
Marić, Ana 
Maguire, Ivana
Simonović, Predrag 
Radočaj, Tena
Piria, Marina
Keywords: Salmonid fish;Introduction;Shape analysis;Black Sea basin;Hybridization
Issue Date: 2021
Rank: M23
Project: Climate change and invasive species − assessing effects onto biodiversity of native freshwater crayfish and salmonids and their conservation (IP-2016-06-2563)
Journal: Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
Abstract: 
Brown trout is a salmonid fish with a natural range extending throughout western Eurasia and North Africa. Due to its commercial value, it has also been introduced worldwide. In continental Croatia, introduced trout of the Atlantic lineage hybridizes with native trout of the Danubian lineage, threatening the native genetic diversity. The geometric morphometrics approach was used in this study to analyse changes in shape between native trout, introduced trout and their hybrids, classified a priori by molecular phylogenetic analyses. A total of 19 landmarks and semi-landmarks were used to capture the shape of 92 trout individuals belonging to two lineages and their hybrids. Canonical variate analysis and discriminant function analysis were used to analyse and describe shape variation. A significant difference was found between the shape of the Atlantic lineage trout and both Danubian lineage trout and hybrids, with the most prominent differences in body depth, head length and eye size. No statistically significant shape differences were observed between Danubian lineage trout and the hybrids. The observed significant differences in shape could be the result of genetic diversity or trout phenotypic plasticity. Further studies are needed to clarify the origin of this variation in shape.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4169
ISSN: 1961-9502
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2021021
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