Internal sonic transmitter implantation in sturgeon (Acipenseridae)

• Main Author: Boone, Sinkey Shaun
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: uga 2011
• Subjects: Sturgeon; Surgery; Telemetry; Suture Materials; Plasma Cortisol; Hernandez; Jennings; Shelton; Sonia; Acipenser baerii; Siberian sturgeon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/27668; http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/boone_sinkey_s_201112_ms

Surgical methods used for transmitter implantation should be carefully evaluated to determine their effect on fish. One-hundred twenty Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) were assigned to one of four surgical groups: Monocryl-Plus (triclosan-coated poliglecaprone 25), Monocryl (poliglecaprone 25),...