Clarifying species identity in Aphanopus using wavelet-based otolith shape analysis

• Joana Vasconcelos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joanapatricia.reis@ulpgc.es

  Affiliations Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación (BIOCON), ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigaç ao Tecnologia e Inovaç ao (ARDITI), Funchal, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3880-2554

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• Javier Martinez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación (BIOCON), ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

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• Airam Guerra-Marrero,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación (BIOCON), ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

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• José Otero-Ferrer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Biostatech, Advice, Training and Innovation in Biostatistics (Ltd.), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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• Alba Jurado-Ruzafa,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias (IEO-CSIC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-045X

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• Ricardo Sousa,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigaç ao Tecnologia e Inovaç ao (ARDITI), Funchal, Portugal, Direção de Serviços de Investigação, Direção Regional de Pescas, Funchal, Portugal

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• Carlos Hernández-González,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias (IEO-CSIC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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• Mafalda Freitas,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigaç ao Tecnologia e Inovaç ao (ARDITI), Funchal, Portugal, Direção de Serviços de Investigação, Direção Regional de Pescas, Funchal, Portugal

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• Víctor M. Tuset

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, IOCAG, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Unidad Asociada ULPGC-CSIC, Canary Islands, Spain

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