From: Comparison of three methods for marking a small floodplain minnow
30 days | 150 days | ||||||||
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Survival | Retention | Retention | |||||||
Treatment | Mean | Range | P value | Overt mark | Tag | Survival | P value | Overt mark | Tag |
Control | 100 | - | NA | - | 96 | - | - | ||
Freeze brand | 100 | - | NA | 98 (1.7) | 100 | 97 | 0.788 | 81 | 98 |
PICO-tag | 96 (2.2) | 90-100 | 0.019 | 98 (1.0) | 94 | 0.5 | 95 | ||
PIT-tag | 86 (2.5) | 80-90 | <0.001 | 91 (3.2) | 82 | 0.001 | 89 | ||
PIT-tag + NTR | 85 (3.9) | 77-90 | <0.001 | 95 (2.8) | 82 | <0.001 | 95 | ||
Sham | 98 (1.8) | 93-100 | 0.123 | - | NA | - | - | ||
VIE | 99 (0.8) | 97-100 | 0.5 | 91 (4.1) | 98 (1.7) | 98 | 0.5 | 88 | 99 |