Long-term PIT tag retention rates in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Table 2 Retention and loss rates for each period

Handling	Days	R (%) per day	Loss (%) per day	IndYears	Loss per IndYears
First sampling	49	99.975	0.0246	390	0.090^a
Second sampling	90	99.995	0.0054	306	0.020^b
Third sampling	173	99.999	0.0014	601	0.005^b
Fourth sampling	358	99.979	0.0211	1284	0.077^a
Fifth sampling	533	99.980	0.0200	616	0.073^a

Number of days from tagging to sampling (days) with parameters describing retention and loss rates in each period: proportion of fish retaining their tag (R) scaled with time, proportion of fish with lost tags (loss) scaled with time, number of fish multiplied with time in years (IndYears), and number of lost tags per individual and years with a letter denoting rates significantly different at a 0.05 significance level

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