An introduction to the practical and ethical perspectives on the need to advance and standardize the intracoelomic surgical implantation of electronic tags in fish

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Brown, Richard S ^a   Eppard, M Brad ^b   Murchie, Karen J ^c   Nielsen, Jennifer L ^d   Cooke, Steven J ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Surgery; Tagging; Telemetry; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOTELEMETRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA QUALITY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79952106461     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9183-5     Document Type: Article

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