Evaluation of visible implant elastomer as a method for tagging small European eels

Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging showed no significant effect on survival of either 230 single‐tagged or 60 multiple‐tagged small European eels Anguilla anguilla . Mean tag retention was 98·7% during the 5 month laboratory experiments. Multiple VIE tags had no observed effect on European eel...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Biology
Main Authors: Imbert, H., Beaulaton, L., Rigaud, C., Elie, P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007
Subjects:
Anguilla anguilla
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01617.x
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Summary:Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging showed no significant effect on survival of either 230 single‐tagged or 60 multiple‐tagged small European eels Anguilla anguilla . Mean tag retention was 98·7% during the 5 month laboratory experiments. Multiple VIE tags had no observed effect on European eel locomotor behaviour. VIE appears a reliable method for individually tagging small European eels, and could be useful in capture–recapture field studies.

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