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Migration success and migration time of gastrically radio‐tagged v . PIT‐tagged adult Atlantic salmon
Author(s) -
Rivinoja P.,
Leonardsson K.,
Lundqvist H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01101.x
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery
Adult Atlantic salmon (55–116 cm total length) with PIT‐tags ( n = 318) and both PIT‐tags and gastric radio‐tags ( n = 127) in a regulated river showed similar upstream migration success, yet radio‐tagged fish migrated faster than fish with only PIT‐tags. Regurgitation rate of radio‐tags was 9%.