Condition of Surgical Acoustic Tag Incisions in Recaptured Lake Erie Walleye (2011-2016)
Dates
Publication Date
2017-06-20
Start Date
2011-05-01
End Date
2016-09-01
Citation
Bodamer, B.L., Schoonyan, A.L., and Kraus, R.T., 2017, Condition of Surgical Acoustic Tag Incisions in Recaptured Lake Erie Walleye (2011-2016): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F71V5CG8.
Summary
Intracoelomic implantation of electronic tags has become a common method in fishery research, but rarely are fish examined by scientists after release to understand the extent that surgical incisions have healed. Walleye (Sander vitreus) are a valuable, highly-exploited fishery resource in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, fishery capture of walleye with internal acoustic transmitters combined with a high reward program provided multiple opportunities to examine photographs and quantify the status of surgical incisions. Walleye (n=926) from reef and river spawning populations in Lake Erie and Lake Huron were implanted with acoustic transmitters during spring spawning events from 2011 to 2016. Incisions were closed with polydioxanone [...]
Summary
Intracoelomic implantation of electronic tags has become a common method in fishery research, but rarely are fish examined by scientists after release to understand the extent that surgical incisions have healed. Walleye (Sander vitreus) are a valuable, highly-exploited fishery resource in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, fishery capture of walleye with internal acoustic transmitters combined with a high reward program provided multiple opportunities to examine photographs and quantify the status of surgical incisions. Walleye (n=926) from reef and river spawning populations in Lake Erie and Lake Huron were implanted with acoustic transmitters during spring spawning events from 2011 to 2016. Incisions were closed with polydioxanone monofilament using two to three interrupted sutures. Out of 276 recaptured fish, 60 incision sites were clearly visible in photographs, and these were scored by two independent readers for incision closure, inflammation, and presence of sutures.
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Schoonyan, Abby, Richard T. Kraus, Matthew D. Faust, Christopher S. Vandergoot, Steven J. Cooke, H. Andrew Cook,Todd A. Hayden, and Charles C. Krueger. 2017. Estimating incision healing rate for surgically implanted acoustic transmitters from recaptured fish. Animal Biotelemetry 5 (15). doi: 10.1186/s40317-017-0130-2
Data on the incision closure, inflammation, and presence of sutures in 60 recaptured walleye were collected in order to evaluate the rates of healing and suture shedding of surgical incisions in tagged populations of fish in temperate cold water environments, the results of which are published in a corresponding journal artical. This data may be useful to any member of the Lake Erie fisheries programs, academia, the fishing industry, or the public interested in studies invovling surgical procedures in fishes.
