Tagging channel catfish with acoustic transmitters and infesting them with Winged Mapleleaf glochidia before releasing them back into the St. Croix River
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Figure 2. USGS scientists Michelle Bartsch and Bill Lamoreux tag channel catfish with acoustic transmitters to track their overwinter movement in the St. Croix River, September, 2021.
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