The utility of visible implant (VI) tags for marking tropical river fish

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-80

  Halls, A S ^a   Azim, M E ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Floodplain; River fisheries; Tagging; Visible implant

Indexed keywords

TAGGING; TROPICAL RIVER FISH;

EID: 0031868869     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1998.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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