Davidson, G WSheehan, M KDavie, P S2024-04-262024-04-261999https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/26867Previous studies indicated that dart tags affect the migration pattern of kahawai (Australian salmon). Because kahawai cannot be held in experimental swim tunnels, we used rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss as a surrogate species of similar physiology to test the effects of visible implant tags and dart tags on swimming performance. The critical swimming velocity (U-crit) of untagged rainbow trout, 2.93 +/- 0.12 (SE) body length/s, was unaffected by either tag type. Our findings suggest that altered migration of dart-tagged kahawai is not due to an acute tag-induced reduction in swimming performance. [References: 15]BODYmigrationOncorhynchusOncorhynchus mykissONCORHYNCHUS-MYKISSpatternperformancephysiologyrainbow troutRAINBOW-TROUTsalmonspeciesswim tunnelswimmingswimming performanceswimming velocitytagtaggingtagstroutUCritvelocityarticle