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Evaluation of visible implant elastomer as a method for tagging small European eels
Author(s) -
Imbert H.,
Beaulaton L.,
Rigaud C.,
Elie P.
Publication year - 2007
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.1095-8649.2007.01617.x
Subject(s) - biology , implant , elastomer , zoology , fishery , materials science , surgery , composite material , medicine
Visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging showed no significant effect on survival of either 230 single‐tagged or 60 multiple‐tagged small European eels Anguilla anguilla . Mean tag retention was 98·7% during the 5 month laboratory experiments. Multiple VIE tags had no observed effect on European eel locomotor behaviour. VIE appears a reliable method for individually tagging small European eels, and could be useful in capture–recapture field studies.