47360f99-2f92-4e48-9898-1e4976d09d71 https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=2013_albertkanaal Raf Baeyens Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0002-0651-3056 Jenna Vergeynst Ghent University

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0000-0001-8959-0884 Nico De Maerteleire Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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Peter Desmet Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0002-8442-8025 Emilie Gelaude Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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Tanja Milotic Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0002-3129-6196 Ans Mouton Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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Ine Pauwels Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0002-2856-8787 Sébastien Pieters Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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Lien Reyserhove Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0001-7484-9267 Karen Robberecht Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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Pieterjan Verhelst Ghent University

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0000-0002-2610-6941 Johan Coeck Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0003-2732-7428 Peter Desmet peter.desmet@inbo.be 0000-0002-8442-8025 2026-06-08 eng 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 <a href ="https://lifewatch.be/en/fish-acoustic-receiver-network">(https://lifewatch.be/en/fish-acoustic-receiver-network)</a> for the project/study 2013_albertkanaal, using VEMCO tags (V7, V9, V13) and receivers (VR2AR, VR2Tx, VR2W). In total 161 female individuals of European eel (<i>Anguilla anguilla</i>) and 134 (hatched) smolts of Atlantic salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i>) were captured, tagged and released between 2013 and 2017, to study the effect of shipping locks and hydropower plants on their downstream migration in the Albert canal.Navigation locks play an important role for ship navigation on canals and other regulated waterways worldwide. Unfortunately, these structures may severely impact the aquatic ecosystem and freshwater fish in particular. In Belgium (Europe), the Albert canal connecting the Meuse river to the Scheldt river, is an important migration route for European eel (critically endangered) and Atlantic salmon (vulnerable). During their downstream migration these fish are hampered by six subsequent navigation lock complexes present in the canal. Three of which are by-passed by a small channel leading to a hydropower plant with large Archimedes screw turbines. In the coming years, three more such hydropower plants are to be installed next to three of six ship lock complexes. The Archimedes screws function both as pump and turbine (hydropower generator). Two dimensional fine scale positioning, as well as impact assessment through assessment of fish injury and mortality at the Archimedes screws, was performed to better understand the overall impact of these anthropogenic structures on diadromous fish, such as eel and salmon.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 have been standardized to Darwin Core using the <a href="https://inbo.github.io/etn/"> etn </a> package and are downsampled to the first detection per hour. The original data are managed in the European Tracking Network data platform (<a href="https://lifewatch.be/etn/">https://lifewatch.be/etn/</a>) and are available in Baeyens et al. (2020, <a href="https://doi.org/10.14284/431">https://doi.org/10.14284/431</a>). Acoustic telemetry ASFA Thesaurus List Acoustic Telemetry ETN Context animal movement animal tracking biologging hydropower impact assessment LifeWatch migration barriers shipping canals VEMCO n/a Migration CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 ANE, Western Scheldt (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4752); Belgium, Albert Canal (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/19679); Belgium, Flanders (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2469); Belgium, Meuse Basin (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2555); Belgium, Zeeschelde, Antwerp Harbour (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5481). -8.9012 8.97537 60.12148 42.21486 2013-10-18 2019-05-10 species Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) species Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 notPlanned Ine Pauwels Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

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0000-0002-2856-8787 2024-07-08T23:33:06.000+00:00 dataset Baeyens R, Vergeynst J, De Maerteleire N, Desmet P, Gelaude E, Milotic T, Mouton A, Pauwels I, Pieters S, Reyserhove L, Robberecht K, Verhelst P, Coeck J (2026). 2013_ALBERTKANAAL - Acoustic telemetry data for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and hatched Salmon (Salmo salar) in the Albert canal (Belgium). Version 1.5. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.14284/431 47360f99-2f92-4e48-9898-1e4976d09d71/v1.5.xml