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The study focused on the assessment of some morphometric characteristics in freshwater mussel Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) from Demirköprü Dam Lake, Manisa province, Turkey. Shell length (SL) (mm), shell width (SW) (mm), shell height (SH) (mm) and weight (W) (g) were measured in individual. A multivariate statistical evaluation was performed to determine morphological relationships. Mean of SL, SW, SH and W of U. pictorum were determined as 64.92±9.46 mm, 32.32±4.66 mm, 23.88±3.96 mm and 31.40±13.92 mm, respectively. Principal components analysis (PCA) indicated a strong relationship between SL, SW and W. |
