Visible implant fluorescent elastomer tagging of the big-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis

Fisheries Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 363-371

  Woods, Chris M C ^a   Martin Smith, Keith M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Batch tagging; Growth; LED blue light; Syngnathid; Tag retention

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; TAGGING;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS ABDOMINALIS;

EID: 0742288271     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(03)00183-8     Document Type: Article

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