2015_DIJLE - Acoustic telemetry data for five fish species in the Dijle river (Belgium)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) on Sep 18, 2024 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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18 September 2024
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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.

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 have been standardized to Darwin Core using the etn package and are downsampled to the first detection per hour. The original data are managed in the European Tracking Network data platform (https://lifewatch.be/etn/) and are available in Vermeersch et al. (2020, https://doi.org/10.14284/430).

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 10,066 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

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 (2024). 2015_DIJLE - Acoustic telemetry data for five fish species in the Dijle river (Belgium). Version 1.1. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.14284/430

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). 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.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0d9718f4-de6d-4115-b2f0-e3ec6aa088ab.  Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Acoustic Telemetry; animal movement; animal tracking; biologging; impact assessment; LifeWatch; migration barriers; VEMCO; Migration; Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Sophie Vermeersch
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Ine Pauwels
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Raf Baeyens
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Nico De Maerteleire
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Peter Desmet
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Emilie Gelaude
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Tanja Milotic
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Sébastien Pieters
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Lien Reyserhove
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Karen Robberechts
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
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Pieterjan Verhelst
  • Originator
Ghent University
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Johan Coeck
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE

Geographic Coverage

Belgium, Dijle (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/3098); Belgium, Flanders (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2469); Belgium, Scheldt (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2542).

Bounding Coordinates South West [50.97, 2.786], North East [51.642, 4.722]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Species Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758), Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, Platichthys flesus (Linneaus, 1758), Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758), Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2015-04-22 / 2018-06-28

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 0d9718f4-de6d-4115-b2f0-e3ec6aa088ab
https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=2015_dijle