Retention of visible implant and visible implant elastomer tags in brown trout in an English chalk stream

Retention of both rigid and new soft standard size visible implant (VI) tags in brown trout Salmo trutta after 6 months varied between 42 and 97% for different batches, with no evidence of increased retention of the new type of tag. The 6 month retention of visible implant elastomer tags (VIE) also...

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Published in:Journal of fish biology 2006-02, Vol.68 (2), p.622-627
Main Authors: Summers, D. W., Roberts, D. E., Giles, N., Stubbing, D. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agnatha. Pisces
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
brown trout
elastomer
Fresh water ecosystems
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Salmo trutta
Synecology
tagging
Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution
visible implant tag
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Summary:Retention of both rigid and new soft standard size visible implant (VI) tags in brown trout Salmo trutta after 6 months varied between 42 and 97% for different batches, with no evidence of increased retention of the new type of tag. The 6 month retention of visible implant elastomer tags (VIE) also varied but with a mean of 96%. The VIE retention gradually declined with time up to 42 months.
ISSN:0022-1112
1095-8649
DOI:10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00924.x