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Table 1 Summary table of studies that incorporate an evaluation of one or more effects of external tagging

From: The use of external electronic tags on fish: an evaluation of tag retention and tagging effects

Species General behaviour/activity Buoyancy Catchability Migration Equilibrium Feeding Growth Infections, wounds, tissue reactions, healing Physiological effects Predation Reproduction Response to transmitter output Retention/expulsion Social interactions Survival Swimming performance References
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ×    ×              [99]
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)              ×     [17]
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)              ×     [58]
Bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus)              ×   ×   [7]
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)              ×   ×   [7]
Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)              ×   ×   [7]
Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)              ×     [100]
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)              ×   ×   [7]
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)                 × [73]
Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)              ×   ×   [7]
School shark (Galeorhinus galeus) ×                 [101]
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)              ×   ×   [7]
Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)                 × [102]
Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)          ×        × [55]
Cowtail stingray (Pastinachus atrus)              ×     [100]
Porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus)              ×     [100]
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)       ×            [103]
West Indian ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) ×        ×      ×     [59]
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)              ×     [29]
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)              ×     [104]
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)        ×       ×     [31]
Lake sturgeon (Acienser fulvescens)         ×      ×   ×   [32]
Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)              ×     [29]
Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)         ×      ×   ×   [30]
White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)              ×   × × [33]
Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)              ×   ×   [7]
American eel (Anguilla rostrata)        × ×      ×   × × [38]
American eel (Anguilla rostrata)           ×      ×   [91]
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)                 × [69]
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)                 × [70]
European eel (Anguilla anguilla) ×       × ×      ×   ×   [19]
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)                 × [71]
Longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachia)              ×     [54]
Barbel (Barbus barbus)        ×           [75]
Common bream (Abramis brama) ×