2010_PHD_REUBENS - Acoustic telemetry data for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the C-Power wind farm in the southern North Sea (Belgium)

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by Ghent University on Sep 18, 2024 Ghent University
Publication date:
September 18, 2024
Published by:
Ghent University
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CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This is an acoustic telemetry dataset published by Ghent University. It contains animal (fish) tracking data collected by what later became 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 2010_phd_Reubens, using VEMCO tags (V9) and receivers (VR2W). In total 41 individuals of Atlantic cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) were captured, tagged and released in 2010 and 2011 in the C-Power wind farm in the Belgian part of the North Sea, to study their movement behaviour and assess the impacts of offshore wind farms on their movement ecology. This dataset also includes the data of the synchronisation tags present in the study. To calculate exact 2D positions using acoustic telemetry, the time difference of arrival of signals at different receivers is used. Therefore sync tags are needed to account for clock drift in the receivers.Intensive exploitation of the marine environment by mankind can alter the natural habitat of marine organisms drastically. The addition of artificial hard substrates (e.g. offshore wind turbines) to soft-sediment sandy bottoms is a pervasive example of an anthropogenic habitat change. In this study, we assess the influence of offshore wind farms on the spatio-temporal movement ecology of Atlantic cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>). The results of this study will be useful for management measures for the conservation and restoration of the cod population.This study was funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO).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 Reubens et al. (2020, <a href="https://doi.org/10.14284/437">https://doi.org/10.14284/437</a>).

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Reubens J, Degraer S, Desmet P, Moens T, Reyserhove L, Vincx M (2024). 2010_PHD_REUBENS - Acoustic telemetry data for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the C-Power wind farm in the southern North Sea (Belgium). Version 1.0. Ghent University. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.14284/437

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ghent University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 06d9eb55-ab67-45da-a697-18cc42e7cd3c.  Ghent University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Home range; Acoustic Telemetry; animal movement; animal tracking; biologging; impact assessment; VEMCO; Data; Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Jan Reubens
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Ghent University
BE
Steven Degraer
  • Originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
BE
Peter Desmet
  • Metadata Provider
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Tom Moens
  • Originator
Ghent University
BE
Lien Reyserhove
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Magda Vincx
  • Originator
Ghent University
BE
Peter Desmet
  • Metadata Provider

Geographic Coverage

ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2550); ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2438); ANE, North Sea (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2350).

Bounding Coordinates South West [51.538, 2.922], North East [51.552, 2.953]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Species Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2010-08-06 / 2015-08-31

Additional Metadata