Evaluation of a non-invasive tagging system for laboratory studies using three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1868-1873

  Webster, M M ^a   Laland, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual identification; Methodology; Social behaviour; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 72249091032     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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