Abstract
Advances in radio-tag design have resulted in the production of tags suitable for use with relatively small fish. A method of release intended to minimise stress and increase validity of early tracks was designed. A technique of accurately locating radio-tags was developed and tested. Preliminary tracking results show that dace are highly mobile, and are capable of extensive, and often rapid migrations, both up and downstream. Most of the dace studied exhibited similar behaviour patterns, remaining at selected sites for extended periods of time, before rapidly relocating within the river.
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Clough, S., Beaumont, W.R.C. (1998). Use of miniature radio-transmitters to track the movements of dace, Leuciscus leuciscus (L.) in the River Frome, Dorset. In: Lagardère, JP., Anras, ML.B., Claireaux, G. (eds) Advances in Invertebrates and Fish Telemetry. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 130. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5090-3_11
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