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Eel_behaviour_enclosure_lagoon: Eel (Anguilla anguilla) behaviour in an enclosure in a Mediterranean lagoon
Citation
Lagarde R., Amilhat E., Koffi-About S., Simon G. & Faliex E. (2022). Note scientifique du projet FLUX : suivi par télémétrie acoustique des déplacements d’anguilles jaunes dans le port de Port la Nouvelle. CEFREM Université de Perpignan Via Domitia. 18 pp. + annexe. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8988

Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2026-12-30

Description

Lagoons are important habitats for eels and needs to be included in the stock assessment models. But due to their salinity, traditional electrofishing method to estimate densities cannot be used and other methods need to be tested. The objective of this project is to test the enclosure method in a Mediterranean lagoon in order to determine whether this method is applicable for assessing eel densities in lagoon environments. To do this, the system's airtightness was tested using an acoustic network that allows the positioning of tagged eels on a fine scale (VEMCO VPS positioning system). The purpose of this work is to determine, based on the results, whether this method can be applied more widely to other lagoon systems and under what conditions. 


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings, Physical > Underwater acoustics
Keywords:
Brackish water · Acoustic arrays · Acoustic data · Acoustic detection · Acoustic tags · Acoustic Tags · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Acoustic tracking · Acoustic tracking systems · Animal Project · Coastal lagoons · Diadromous fishes · European eels · Fish tracking · Aude · Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
Aude Stations [Marine Regions]
Bages Sigean lagoon
Coordinates: Long: 3,0439; Lat: 43,0235 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
1 September 2019 - 1 February 2021

Taxonomic coverage
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Parameter
Fish detections Methodology
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry

Contributor
Université de Perpignan; CEntre de Formation et de Recherche sur l'Environnement Marin (CEFREM), more

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
Other relation:
Eel_behaviour_portarea_lagoon: Eel (Anguilla anguilla) behaviour in a port area of a Mediterranean lagoon, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2026-01-19
Information last updated: 2026-01-20
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