Description
This is an acoustic telemetry dataset published by Ghent University. 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_phd_verhelst_cod, using VEMCO tags (V9, V13, V13AP) and receivers (VR2AR, VR2C, VR2Tx, VR2W). In total 106 individuals of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) were captured, tagged and released between 2014 and 2018 in the Scheldt estuary and Belgian Part of the North Sea, to study movement behaviour between the estuary, sand bars, shipwrecks and wind farms.
Estuaries and coastal areas are subject to anthropogenic activities, as the largest harbours and economic activities are located along river banks and close to shore. Known to have a high habitat diversity, estuaries and coastal areas play a key role in the life cycle of many organisms, including marine fish. As such, these areas can serve as transport routes, foraging or nursery areas. In order to conserve these areas in a cost-efficient and sustainable way, a better understanding of the ecosystem functions and services is needed. The western Scheldt estuary and adjacent coastal area of Belgium are an important migration route and resident area for marine fish. We selected the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) as an economically important indicator species for marine fish species, to assess the importance of estuarine and coastal areas as a key habitat for this species. The results of this study will be useful for management measures for the conservation and restoration of the cod population.
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.
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 Verhelst et al. (2020, https://doi.org/10.14284/435).
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 80,196 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:
Verhelst P, Reubens J, Desmet P, Reyserhove L, Moens T (2024). 2015_PHD_VERHELST_COD - Acoustic telemetry data for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Scheldt estuary and southern North Sea (Belgium). Version 1.2. Ghent University. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.14284/435
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ghent University. 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: aaf715aa-35c0-4bca-a9f1-03f8c11c2c76. 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; LifeWatch; VEMCO; Migration; Occurrence; Observation
Contacts
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-6941
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
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); ANE, Western Scheldt (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4752); Belgium, Flanders (http://marineregions.org/mrgid/2469).
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [51.16, 2.156], North East [60.123, 5.072] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Species | Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2014-07-11 / 2019-06-04 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | aaf715aa-35c0-4bca-a9f1-03f8c11c2c76 |
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| https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=2015_phd_verhelst_cod |