Assessment of T bar anchor tags for marking the blue swimmer crab Portunas pelagicus (L.)

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Assessment of T bar anchor tags for marking the blue swimmer crab Portunas pelagicus (L.)

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Publisher:: Elsevier Science
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: No, C. 2002 'Assessment of T bar anchor tags for marking the blue swimmer crab Portunas pelagicus (L.)', Fisheries Research, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 209-216.
Issue Date:: 2002

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dc.contributor.author	No, C	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-12-21T03:52:16Z
dc.date.available	2009-12-21T03:52:16Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en_US
dc.identifier	0980021055	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	No, C. 2002 'Assessment of T bar anchor tags for marking the blue swimmer crab Portunas pelagicus (L.)', Fisheries Research, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 209-216.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0165-7836	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5737
dc.description.abstract	Tagging is a critical technique when studying the population dynamics of any organism, in crustaceans the occurance of periodic molting further jepodises the tagging process. When applied as tested during the present study the standard “T” bar anchor tag (Hallprint Australia TBA-1, TBA-2), similar to the Floy anchor tag, is not considered a successful method of marking the Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus pelagicus. When assessed under laboratory conditions the tag resulted in a 100% failure rate during molting. The use of this methodology for population studies on P. pelagicus is not supported by data gathered by these laboratory based observations. A modified “T” Bar anchor tag, with the labelled barrel extended almost the complete length of the tag, has been developed and data is presented which shows this tag to be marginally superior for use with this animal. These results raise serious questions about data gathered by other studies utilising similar tagging methods.	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier Science	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Fisheries Research	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-7836(00)00303-9	en_US
dc.subject	Portunus pelagicus.	en
dc.subject	Blue swimmer crab.	en
dc.title	Assessment of T bar anchor tags for marking the blue swimmer crab Portunas pelagicus (L.)	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	54	en_US
utslib.citation.number	2	en_US
utslib.location	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	209	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	216	en_US
utslib.identifier.org	Health Sciences	en_US
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pubs.declined	1970-01-01T00:00:00.0+1000

Abstract:

Tagging is a critical technique when studying the population dynamics of any organism, in crustaceans the occurance of periodic molting further jepodises the tagging process. When applied as tested during the present study the standard “T” bar anchor tag (Hallprint Australia TBA-1, TBA-2), similar to the Floy anchor tag, is not considered a successful method of marking the Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus pelagicus. When assessed under laboratory conditions the tag resulted in a 100% failure rate during molting. The use of this methodology for population studies on P. pelagicus is not supported by data gathered by these laboratory based observations. A modified “T” Bar anchor tag, with the labelled barrel extended almost the complete length of the tag, has been developed and data is presented which shows this tag to be marginally superior for use with this animal. These results raise serious questions about data gathered by other studies utilising similar tagging methods.

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