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NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 187-195Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nafm.10550
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- Species Conservation Trust Fund grant secured through Colorado Parks and Wildlife [15-5773A]
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The study found that Stonecats can be successfully tagged with PIT tags in a laboratory setting with low levels of mortality and tag loss. The research also showed that tag age and Stonecat TL have significant effects on tag loss, with tags being lost relatively soon after tagging and tag loss decreasing with increasing fish TL.
Members of the freshwater catfishes (order Siluriformes) are capable of transintestinal expulsion of foreign bodies, including internally implanted tags, which can bias movement and survival estimates. We evaluated long-term (120-week) retention rates of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags in a laboratory setting to assess potential tag loss in Stonecat Noturus flavus. The PIT tags were surgically implanted into the peritoneal cavity of fish (n = 157) ranging from 71 to 213 mm TL. We demonstrated that Stonecats can successfully be tagged with 12- and 23-mm PIT tags with low levels of mortality (5.0%) and tag loss (9.6%). Based on individual encounter histories and covariates, we further evaluated our data set in a multistate framework using program MARK. Based on our findings, tag age has a negative effect on tag loss; if Stonecats lose tags, it is relatively soon after tagging. Additionally, Stonecat TL has a negative effect on tag loss, with tag loss decreasing with increasing fish TL.
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