Reference | Imbert, H., L. Beaulaton, C. Rigaud, and P. Elie. 2007. Evaluation of visible implant elastomer as a method for tagging small European eels. Journal of Fish Biology 71(5):1546-1554. |
Abstract | 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. |
Tag | Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) |
Objective | Evaluate tags |