Thanks a lot! On Wed, 28 Mar 2018, 02:24 Marta Rufino, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Neha, > > Donax are great :) > In my personal experience with bivalves, is that it is better to scan. > In any case, scan or camera, the machine should be calibrated to check on > distortions. > I find that the scanners are cheaper and have less distorsion, no issue > with scale, etc. thus I prefer it for marine invertebrates. > With fish, however it is more complicated with a scanner, thus we use a > camera. > > I hope this helps, > > Cheers, > M. > > 2018-03-16 9:51 GMT+01:00 Neha Sharma <[email protected]>: > >> Dear All, >> Greetings! I am going to start a project which deals with >> studying morphological variability between bivalves belonging to Donacidae >> and Mactridae. The morphological variability would mainly focus on shell >> shape, internal structures, palial sinus, etc. I already have shortlisted >> the species I am going to use, but I am confused as to which is a better >> method for studying the variability- using photographs or scans of the >> specimens. The approach would be quite traditional- assigning landmark >> points, and further analysis, etc. All kinds of suggestions are welcome. >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MORPHMET" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > > > > -- > *Marta M. Rufino* (Postdoctoral Researcher) > > *____________________________________________________**IFREMER* - Centre > Atlantique (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) > Département EMH (Ecologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique) > Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu - BP 21105 > 44311 NANTES cedex 3 - FRANCE > Tel.(33) (0)2 40374167 > > -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MORPHMET" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
