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
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Vermeersch, Sophie Availability: 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
Parameters
Fish detections Fish total length Wet weight of fish Contributors
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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: 2024-11-27
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