Evaluation of visible implant elastomer as a method for tagging small European eels
International audience 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 987% during the 5 month laboratory experiments. Multiple VIE tags had no observed ef...
Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Other Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2007
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Online Access: | https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02589894 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01617.x |
Summary: | International audience 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 987% 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 capturerecapture field studies. |
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