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.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
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
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
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
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2856-8787
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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] |
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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 |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2015-04-22 / 2018-06-28 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 0d9718f4-de6d-4115-b2f0-e3ec6aa088ab |
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| https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=2015_dijle |