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2015_DIJLE - Acoustic telemetry data for five fish species in the Dijle river (Belgium)
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Vermeersch, S.; Pauwels, I.; Baeyens, R.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Milotic, T.; Pieters, S.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Verhelst, P.; Coeck, J.; (2020): 2015_DIJLE - Acoustic telemetry data for five fish species in the Dijle river (Belgium). Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/430

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 2015_dijle, using VEMCO tags (V7, V13) and receivers (VR2AR, VR2W). In total 26 adult individuals of five local wild fish species (Anguilla anguilla, Cyprinus carpio, Platichthys flesus, Rutilus rutilus, Silurus glanis) were captured, tagged and released in 2015, to study the effect of a specific barrier on their upstream/downstream migration in the Dijle basin. more

Fish migrating from the sea to the Dijle river (or vice versa) are obstructed by a weir in the city of Mechelen which is designed to prevent tides from entering further inland. To mitigate this problem, fish-friendly weir management was implemented, the effect of which was measured in this study with acoustic telemetry. In 2015, 26 individuals of five fish species - European eel (Anguilla anguilla), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), flounder (Platichthys flesus), roach (Rutilus rutilus) and wels catfish (Silurus glanis) - were captured, tagged and tracked in the areas up- and downstream of the weir. 3 wels catfish tagged for the 2014_demer study were also detected. Results of the evaluated weir passages by fish showed that 21 of 29 fish were able to pass the weir at specific hydrological conditions and weir management options. The number of passages differed between species, but happened always in the periods that higher passage could be expected following their lifestyle. The study indicates the importance and benefits of a fish-friendly weir management.


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 Vlaamse Waterweg NV. 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, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Animal movement, Animal tracking, Biologging, Impact assessment, LifeWatch, Migration, Migration barriers, VEMCO, Belgium, Dijle R., Belgium, Flanders, Belgium, Scheldt, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758), Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758), Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758), Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Geographical coverage
Belgium, Dijle R. [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Flanders [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Scheldt [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
22 April 2015 - 28 June 2018

Taxonomic coverage
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Fish detections
Fish total length
Wet weight of fish

Contributors
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), moredata providerdata creator
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
Vermeersch, S. et al. (2017). Evaluatie van de vismigratie in de Dijle ter hoogte van de Bovenstuw in Mechelen. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 14. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. ISBN 978-90-46-59777-4. 51 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2018-01-02
Information last updated: 2020-11-20
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