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BristolChannelTope: Acoustic telemetry dataset on the movement and spatial usage of tope in the Bristol Channel.
Citable as data publication
Mawer, R.; Franconi, N; Blow, G.; Rees, C.; Linley-adams, T.; Jones, A.; Clarke, D.; (2026): Acoustic telemetry dataset on the movement and spatial usage of tope in the Bristol Channel. https://doi.org/10.14284/811

Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2032-01-30

Description

Acoustic telemetry dataset on the movement and spatial usage of tope in the Bristol Channel, 2026 - ongoing


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings, Physical > Underwater acoustics
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Acoustic data · Acoustic detection · Acoustic tags · Acoustic Tags · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Acoustic tracking · Animal Project · Fish tracking · Bristol Channel · Swansea Bay · Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
Bristol Channel [Marine Regions]
Swansea Bay [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2026 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Parameter
Fish detections Methodology
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry

Contributors

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

Project
BristolChannelFishtracking: Collecting evidence on status, habitat use, and migration of designated, at-risk, commercially or recreationally important species in the Bristol Channel and affluent rivers (UK)., more


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2026-08-04
Information last updated: 2026-08-10
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