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EMMN: Temporary acoustic array in the river Alta and the Alta Fjord (Norway)

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Description

To study the migratory behaviour in wild northern European silver eel Anguilla anguilla during sea entry and early marine migration, 32 individuals were tagged with acoustic transmitters and registered at four automatic listening station arrays from the mouth of the north Norwegian River Alta and throughout the Alta Fjord. This listening stations consisted of Innovasea acoustic telemetry receivers, 24 VR2 and 33 VR2W.


Scope
Keywords:
Fresh water, Acoustic arrays, Acoustic data, Acoustic detection, Acoustic detectors, Acoustic devices, Acoustic receivers, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Acoustic tracking, Acoustic tracking systems, Animal movement, Fish movement, Live fish movement, Network Project, Altafjorden , Pisces, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
Altafjorden [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 April 2007 - 1 April 2008
Quasi continuous (< 1 min.)

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

Parameter
Acoustic detections Methodology
Acoustic detections: Acoustic telemetry

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
Other relation:
EMMN: Early marine migration of European silver eel in northern Norway, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2025-05-07
Information last updated: 2025-05-07
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