PIT tags increase effectiveness of freshwater mussel recaptures

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Kurth, Jennifer ^a   Loftin, Cynthia ^a   Zydlewski, Joseph ^a   Rhymer, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussels; Lampsilis radiata radiata; PIT tags; Recapture; Survival; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TAGGING; TRANSLOCATION;

LAMPSILIS RADIATA RADIATA;

EID: 34249816803     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[253:PTIEOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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