Surgical implantation techniques for electronic tags in fish

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-81

  Wagner, Glenn N ^a   Cooke, Steven J ^b   Brown, Richard S ^c   Deters, Katherine A ^c  

^a Environmental Dynamics Inc   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Implantation; Knot; Sterilization; Surgery; Suture; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; RESEARCH; SALMONID; TAGGING;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79952105382     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9191-5     Document Type: Review

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