Retention of intra-peritoneal transmitters and post-operative recovery of four Australian native fish species

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Butler, Gavin L ^a   MacKay, Brad ^a   Rowland, Stuart J ^a   Pease, Bruce C ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic transmitters; PIT tags; Radio transmitters; Suture material

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLOW REGULATION; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIVER FLOW; TAGGING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

MACQUARIA NOVEMACULEATA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MYXUS PETARDI; TANDANUS TANDANUS;

EID: 67549089777     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08147     Document Type: Article

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