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A sculpin receives a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag

By Eastern Ecological Science Center
A USGS technician inserts a small electrical device (about the size of a grain of rice) into an anesthetized fish
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USGS technician Zach Kelly inserts a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag into an anesthetized Blue Ridge sculpin at the EESC Experimental Stream Laboratory. The PIT tag will enable researchers to monitor fish growth, survival, and movement after their release.

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