Assessment of PIT tag retention and post-tagging survival in metamorphosing juvenile sea lamprey

Abstract Background Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags have been used to document and monitor the movement, behavior, or survival of numerous species of fishes. Data on short- and long-term survival and tag retention are needed before initiating studies using PIT tags on a new species or life...

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Main Authors: Lee G. Simard, V. Alex Sotola, J. Ellen Marsden, Scott Miehls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Animal Biotelemetry
Subjects:
PIT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40317-017-0133-z