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Table 1 Sample size, mean length, mass and tag burdens (ratio of tag weight to body weight) of controls and treatments of juvenile Chinook salmon tagged with transmitters using either one or two sutures to close the incision a

From: A comparison of single-suture and double-suture incision closures in seaward-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon implanted with acoustic transmitters: implications for research in river basins containing hydropower structures

Treatment

n

Mean length (mm)

Mean mass (g)

Mean tag burden (%)

14-d holding

  Single-suture

40

109 (99 to 124)

16.5 (11.3 to 24.1)

2.5 (1.7 to 3.5)

  Double-suture

40

107 (96 to 120)

15.6 (10.5 to 22.9)

2.6 (1.7 to 3.8)

  Control

40

106 (96 to 115)

15.1 (10.7 to 20.4)

 

Simulated turbine passage

  Single-suture

100

103 (95 to 116)

13.1 (9.0 to 18.6)

3.1 (2.2 to 4.4)

  Double-suture

101

103 (95 to 117)

13.0 (8.8 to 17.9)

3.1 (2.2 to 4.5)

  1. aTagged fish were also exposed to simulated turbine passage.