A cautionary tale: Surrogates for radio-tagging practice do not always simulate the responses of closely related species

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-378

  Ebner, Brendan C ^a,b   Lintermans, Mark ^a,c   Jekabsons, Mark ^a   Dunford, Mark ^a   Andrews, William ^a  

^a ACT Government ^*  (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methodology; Percichthyidae; Radio tag; Surgery; Telemetry; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; RADIOTELEMETRY; RELATEDNESS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TAGGING;

MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; MACQUARIA AUSTRALASICA; PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 67549115097     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08159     Document Type: Article

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