Evaluation of passive integrated transponder tags for marking the bullhead (Cottus gobio), a small benthic freshwater fish: Effects on survival, growth and swimming capacity

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 404-409

  Knaepkens, G ^a   Maerten, E ^a   Tudorache, C ^a   De Boeck, G ^a   Eens, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cottus gobio; Growth; Passive integrated transponder; Survival; Swimming capacity

Indexed keywords

COTTUS GOBIO;

EID: 34547654442     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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