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2012_LEOPOLDKANAAL - Acoustic telemetry data for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in a polder area in Flanders (Belgium)
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Verhelst, P.; Buysse, D.; Baeyens, R.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Jacobs, Y.; Milotic, T.; Mouton, A.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Coeck, J.; (2020): 2012_LEOPOLDKANAAL - Acoustic telemetry data for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in a polder area in Flanders (Belgium). Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/428
Contact: Coeck, Johan

Availability: CC0 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.

Description
This is an acoustic telemetry dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It contains animal (fish) tracking data collected by the Permanent Belgian Acoustic Receiver Network (https://lifewatch.be/en/fish-acoustic-receiver-network) for the project/study 2012_leopoldkanaal, using VEMCO tags (V7, V13) and receivers (VR2AR, VR2W). In total 104 female individuals of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) were captured, tagged and released in 2011 and 2012, to study their movement behaviour during the yellow eel stage and migration behaviour during the silver eel stage for 4 years in Meetjesland, a polder area in Flanders, Belgium. more

Polder areas are lowland systems below sea level that are drained for agricultural and urbanization purposes. Hence, they are characterised by water regulating structures such as dykes, water pumping stations and weirs. They are characterised by a network of canals, connected ponds and ditches, resulting in a high habitat diversity and thus many potential growth areas. When the water level rises beyond a certain threshold during precipitation events, water is pumped from the polder area into the sea to maintain a specific water level. Not only does this result in irregular water flows, water pumping stations have already shown to negatively affect fish passing through them by various injuries and mortalities. In this tracking study, we investigated the movement and ranging behaviour of resident, yellow eels to understand their spatio-temporal habitat use in the polder. Second, we analysed what routes migrating silver eels take, what environmental factors influence this migration and to what extent they are delayed by the migration barriers.


This dataset was collected using infrastructure provided by VLIZ and INBO funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) as part of the Belgian contribution to LifeWatch. The study was commissioned by the Agency of Nature and Forest (ANB). Data were exported from the European Tracking Network data portal (http://www.lifewatch.be/etn) developed by VLIZ using the ETN R package (https://inbo.github.io/etn/) developed by INBO. Field definitions can be found at https://inbo.github.io/etn/articles/etn_fields.html.


Scope
Themes:
Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Fresh water, Brackish water, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Animal movement, Animal tracking, Biologging, Home range, Impact assessment, LifeWatch, Migration, Migration barriers, VEMCO, ANE, Western Scheldt, Belgium, Belgian Coast, Belgium, Flanders, Belgium, Leopoldkanaal, Belgium, Meetjesland, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Western Scheldt [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Flanders [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Leopoldkanaal
Belgium, Meetjesland

Temporal coverage
3 July 2012 - 28 September 2020

Taxonomic coverage
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Parameters
Fish age Methodology
Fish detections
Fish lifestage
Fish sex
Fish total length
Horizontal eye diameter of fish
Pectoral fin length of fish
Vertical eye diameter of fish
Wet weight of fish
Fish age: Durif index

Contributors
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), moredata creatordata provider
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creator

Related datasets
Parent datasets:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
LifeWatch observatory data: fish acoustic receiver network, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Verhelst, P. (2018). European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Gent. ISBN 9789082561166. xxvii, 381 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2018-01-02
Information last updated: 2020-11-19
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