title: Using new tools to identify eggs of Engraulis anchoita (Clupeiformes, Engraulidae).
abstract: Efficiency of the identification of eggs of Engraulis anchoita can be greatly improved by a method developed from egg measurements, using photography and the ImageJ programme, analysed by discriminant analysis using R software.
authors.affiliation: Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Pça do Oceanográfico, 191, CEP 05508-120, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Favero
authors.affiliation: Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Pça do Oceanográfico, 191, CEP 05508-120, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsuragawa
authors.affiliation: Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Pça do Oceanográfico, 191, CEP 05508-120, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zani-Teixeira
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, 02747-2300, North Dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Turner
keywords: anchovy; fish ova; ichthyoplankton; identification; linear discriminant analysis