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BTN-IMEDEA: Balearic Tracking Network
Citation
Alós, Josep; Aspillaga, Eneko; (2021). Balearic Tracking Network (BTN). https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/7903
Contact: Alós, Josep

Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2025-04-15

Description
Permanent acoustic receiver network installed around the Balearic Islands to conduct long-term telemetry studies. Several species (e.g., groupers, rays) are being tagged with long-life acoustic transmitters (5-10 yr) to study their movement and residency patterns over long time periods.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Acoustic arrays, Acoustic data, Acoustic tags, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Fish movement, Fish tracking, Groupers, Rays, Receivers, Tags (acoustic), Telemetry, Tracking networks, Transmitters, MED, Balearic Sea, MED, Spain, Balearic I., Crustacea, Elasmobranchii, Pisces

Geographical coverage
MED, Balearic Sea [Marine Regions]
MED, Spain, Balearic I. [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 15 April 2021 on [In Progress]
Unknown

Taxonomic coverage
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Elasmobranchii [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]

Parameter
Fish detections Methodology
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry

Contributors
Universitat de les Illes Balears; Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA), moredata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2021-10-21
Information last updated: 2023-05-30
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