Advancing the surgical implantation of electronic tags in fish: A gap analysis and research agenda based on a review of trends in intracoelomic tagging effects studies

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-151

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

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biotelemetry; Electronic tags; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOTELEMETRY; FISH; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYSIOLOGY; TAGGING;

CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; ICTALURIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79952107685     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9193-3     Document Type: Review

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