2025_anguilla_volkerak: Acoustic telemetry data for eel migration along the Volkerak in the Netherlands.
Citation
Kroes, R.; Weisbeek, T.; ATKB; (2025). Acoustic telemetry data for eel migration along the Volkerak in the Netherlands. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/9013
Contact:
Kroes, Rob Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2028-01-14
Notes: Animal data under embargo. Receiver and deployment metadata available at: https://www.lifewatch.be/etn/.
Description
An acoustic telemetry receiver array was established in 2025 in the Volkerak (part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta) to gain insights into the migration of the endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings, Physical > Underwater acoustics Keywords: Fresh water · Acoustic data · Acoustic detection · Acoustic receivers · Acoustic tags · Acoustic Tags · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Acoustic tracking · Acoustic tracking systems · Animal Project · Diadromous fishes · Endangered species · European eels · Fish tracking · Hydrophones · Network Project · Volkerak · Pisces · Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographical coverage Volkerak [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
22 September 2025 - 15 January 2026 Taxonomic coverage
Pisces [WoRMS]
Target species
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Parameter
Fish detections Methodology
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry Contributors
Adviesbureau voor bodem, water en ecologie (ATKB), more, principal investigator, data creator
Related datasets
Parent dataset: European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
URL
Institute home page: Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2026-02-04
Information last updated: 2026-07-09
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