Visdoorgangen - Fish passage places in Flanders, Belgium

David Buysse1, Dimitri Brosens1, Peter Desmet1

1 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 25, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding author(s): David Buysse (david.buysse@inbo.be)

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Abstract

Migration of fish in streams and rivers is prevented by various structures (mills, weirs, locks, ...). To make the migration of those fish species possible again, various projects are realized in Flanders. This dataset contains information on the functioning of the fish passages.

Keywords: Cyprinidae, fish ladders, fishways, Rutilus rutilus, fish migration, freshwater fish, migratory fish, Occurrence, Observation

General description

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Project details

Project title: Evaluation of Fish passage places (Project evaluatie visdoorgangen)
Personnel: David Buysse
Funding: VMM
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Fish passages places in Flanders

Data published through GBIF: http://data.inbo.be/ipt/resource?r=visdoorgangen-occurrences

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All species in this dataset are fishes (Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi), except for the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), which is an invasive arthropod. The top 3 recorded species are Gobio gobio (29%), Rutilus rutilus (26%), and Barbatula barbatula (9%).
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Actinopterygii, Malacostraca, Cephalaspidomorphi
Species: Abramis brama, Alburnus alburnus, Ameiurus nebulosus, Anguilla anguilla, Barbatula barbatula, Blicca bjoerkna, Carassius gibelio, Chondrostoma nasus, Cottus gobio, Cyprinus carpio, Eriocheir sinensis, Esox lucius, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gobio gobio, Gymnocephalus cernuus, Ictalurus punctatus, Lampetra fluviatilis, Lampetra planeri, Lepomis gibbosus, Leucaspius delineatus, Leuciscus cephalus, Leuciscus idus, Leuciscus leuciscus, Lota lota, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Perca fluviatilis, Pimephales promelas, Pseudorasbora parva, Pungitius pungitius, Rhodeus amarus, Rutilus rutilus, Salmo trutta, Sander lucioperca, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, Silurus glanis, Tinca tinca
Common names: ray-finned fishes, common bream, common bleak, brown bullhead, European eel, stone loach, silver bream, Prussian carp, common nase, European bullhead, common carp, Chinese mitten crab, northern pike, three-spined stickleback, gudgeon, Eurasian ruffe, channel catfish, European river lamprey, European brook lamprey, pumpkinseed, belica, European chub, ide, common dace, burbot, rainbow trout, European perch, fathead minnow, stone moroko, ninespine stickleback, European bitterling, common roach, brown trout, zander, common rudd, wels catfish, tench

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Flemish Region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. It is usually simply referred to as Flanders. It occupies the northern part of Belgium and covers an area of 13,522 km2 (44.29% of Belgium). It is one of the most densely populated regions of Europe.
Coordinates: 50°40'48''N and 51°30'36''N Latitude; 2°32'24''E and 5°55'12''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2003 - 2008

Methods

Method step description: Fyke nets were used.
Study extent description: Evaluation of Fish passage places
Sampling description: Fyke net catches
Quality control description: All records are validated.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Visdoorgangen - Fish passage places in Flanders, Belgium
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://data.inbo.be/ipt/archive.do?r=visdoorgangen-occurrences
Publication date of data: 2015-09-14
Language: English
Licences of use: To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode">Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</a>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2012-09-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Buysse, D. et al. (2007). Evaluatie van de visnevengeul langs de Ter Biestmolen in de Zwalm in Nederzwalm. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2007(49). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 37 pp.
Buysse, D. et al. (2009). Evaluatie van de V-vormige bekkenvistrap aan de Voorste Luysmolen in de Abeek in Bocholt. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2009(33). INBO: Brussel. 82 pp.
Buysse, D. et al. (2006). Evaluatie van de V-vormige bekkenvistrap in de Kleine Nete in Herentals. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2006.21. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 17 pp.
Baeyens, R. et al. (2006). Evaluatie van de V-vormige bekkenvistrap in de Mark in Meersel-Dreef. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2006(30). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel : Belgium. 31 pp.
Buysse, D. et al. (2006). Evaluatie van drie vistrappen in de Grote Gete in Tienen. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2006(18). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel : Belgium. 28 pp.
Buysse, D. et al. (2008). Evaluatie van vismigratie vanuit de Grensmaas naar de Bosbeek. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2008(31). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel : Belgium. 75 pp.
Coeck, J.; Buysse, D. (2007). Evaluatieonderzoek naar de werking van visdoorgangen in Vlaanderen Water: Tijdschrift over Integraal Waterbeleid 30
Buysse, D. et al. (2006). Visdoorgangen in Vlaanderen : voldoen ze aan de eisen van onze zoetwatervissen? Natuur.focus 5(4): 118-123
Buysse, D.; Coeck, J.; Tack, G. (2008). Vissen in de Zwalm : vroeger en nu Limoniet : natuurstudietijdschrift van de Natuurpunt regio Vlaamse Ardennen plus 1(2): 41-49