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Table 2 Tag shedding and mortality over 60 days for three tag groups of juvenile Chinook salmon reared at two temperatures: cool (mean 13.4 °C) and warm (17.8 °C)

From: The effects of water temperature, acoustic tag type, size at tagging, and surgeon experience on juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) tag retention and growth

Temperature

Tag group

n

Shed tags

Mortality

Total lost

Total lost (%)

Cool

Control

32

na

2

2

6.3

Cool

Standard

32

4

1

5

15.6

Cool

Injectable

32

1

0

1

3.1

Warm

Control

32

na

0

0

0.0

Warm

Standard

32

6

0

6

18.8

Warm

Injectable

32

8

4

12

37.5

  1. Total lost are combined tags shed and mortalities for each tag group and temperature treatment. na: not applicable as control fish did not receive an acoustic tag
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Animal Biotelemetry

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