Tag attachment success can be temperature dependent: a case study of the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus

Table 4 Summary of data from experimental fish

Experimental group	Fork length (cm)	Body mass (g)	Duration of anaesthesia (s)	Duration of tag deployments (s)	n
Warm condition
Implantation-A	31.7 ± 1.2	428 ± 56	293 ± 61	190 ± 28	15
External-1	32.1 ± 0.9	442 ± 62	393 ± 155	99 ± 15	15
External-2	31.9 ± 1.2	432 ± 53	323 ± 62	144 ± 24	15
Untagged^a	32.3 ± 1.2	486 ± 66	202 ± 56	^b	15
Implant-sham^a	31.7 ± 1.0	426 ± 46	465 ± 87	167 ± 28	15
External-sham^a	31.7 ± 0.7	459 ± 59	223 ± 63	^b	15
Cold condition
Implantation-A	32.0 ± 0.6	475 ± 41	581 ± 94	170 ± 12	7
Implantation-B	32.5 ± 1.2	485 ± 40	625 ± 121	190 ± 21	7
Implantation-C	32.6 ± 1.3	510 ± 72	479 ± 137	169 ± 15	8
Untagged^a	32.7 ± 1.1	509 ± 71	515 ± 84	^b	10

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