Description
L. A. Nielsen 208 pages Published by American Fisheries Society Publication date: 1992
Summary
Special Publication 23
Synthesis of current ways to tag and mark fish, crustaceans, and mollusks for later identification. Well illustrated and suitable as a working manual or teaching text, the book gives the advantages, disadvantages, appropriate species, materials, procedures, and new developments for each class of tags and marks.
Table of Contents
Preface Common and Scientific Names of Species
Chapter 1: Styles and Uses of Marking
Chapter 2: Designing a Marking Program
Chapter 3: External Tags
Chapter 4: External Marks
Chapter 5: Internal Tags
Chapter 6: Natural Marks
Chapter 7: Biotelemetry
Chapter 8: Genetic Identification and Marking
Chapter 9: Chemical Marks
Appendix: Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Field Research Index