Long-term PIT tag retention rates in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Abstract Background Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags are widely used in studies of various aspects of fish survival, movement and behaviour. Quality of such studies depends on the fish retaining the tags over the study period and that the tagging procedure or the tag does not influence beha...

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Main Authors: Anders Foldvik, Eli Kvingedal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Animal Biotelemetry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40317-018-0147-1