Physiological responses of Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, to intracoelomic implantation of electronic archival tags, with a review of tag implantation techniques employed in flatfishes

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-115

  Loher, Timothy ^a   Rensmeyer, Renee ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic archival tagging; Encapsulation; Intracoelomic; Pacific halibut; Pleuronectidae; Surgical implantation

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; FLATFISH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAGGING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 79952185513     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9192-4     Document Type: Article

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