https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2129

Survival and swimming performance of a small-sized Cypriniformes (Telestes muticellus) tagged with passive integrated transponders

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Vol. 82 (2023)
Submitted: 24 February 2023
Accepted: 11 March 2023
Published: 21 March 2023
PIT-telemetry, tagging effects, maximum swimming speed, endurance swimming, tagging methods, Leuciscidae
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Alfredo Schiavon
alfredo.schiavon@igb-berlin.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4386-4912
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin; Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Claudio Comoglio
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-0653
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Alessandro Candiotto
Freelance ichthyologist, Predosa (Alessandria), Italy.
Franz Hölker
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5932-266X
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin; Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Muhammad Usama Ashraf
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9827-092X
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Daniel Nyqvist
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-0594
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Italian riffle dace (Telestes muticellus, Bonaparte 1837) is a small-bodied Leuciscidae native to the Italian Peninsula, of which little is known about the ecology and individual movements in nature. Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) telemetry is used to track fish movements and behaviour. The basic assumption is that the PIT-tagged organism's performances do not differ considerably from their natural behaviour. Here we present the first evaluation of potential tagging effects in the genus Telestes. The survival rate and tag retention were compared between two different tag implantation methods – injector gun and scalpel incision - and pit-tagging effects on swimming performance were evaluated. Five weeks after tagging, Italian riffle dace demonstrated high survival rates in all treatments: 94.8% for fish tagged with injector gun (n=58), 100% for scalpel incision method (n=58), and 98.3% for controls (n=58). The tag retention was 96.6% for gun treatment and 100% for scalpel treatment. Prolonged swimming performance, tested 22-23 days after tagging, showed a reduction in endurance (time-to-fatigue) for scalpel treatment (n=22) compared to the control group (n=21), while no difference in maximum swimming velocity was observed. We conclude that PIT tagging is a suitable technique for Italian riffle dace, showing high survival and PIT retention and no effect on maximum swimming speed. Significantly lower prolonged swimming performance, although likely less ecologically important, shows that tagging is not without costs. Potential biases need to be evaluated on a study-by-study basis, and future studies should explore behavioural tagging effects in nature.

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Schiavon, Alfredo, Claudio Comoglio, Alessandro Candiotto, Franz Hölker, Muhammad Usama Ashraf, and Daniel Nyqvist. 2023. “Survival and Swimming Performance of a Small-Sized Cypriniformes (<em>Telestes muticellus< Em>) Tagged With Passive Integrated Transponders”. Journal of Limnology 82 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2129.
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