IMIS

SwanseaBristolArray: Swansea University acoustic receiver array: Bristol Channel, Swansea Bay and River Tawe

Citation

Clarke, Dave; Esteban, Nicole; Lowe, Christopher; Blow, Georgie; Franconi, Novella; Velterop, Randolph; Bolland, Jon; Nielsen, Ida; Crundwell, Charles (2019). Acoustic telemetry receivers data from the 'Swansea Bay and Bristol channel Array' project. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/7963

Contact: Esteban, Nicole ; Clarke, David

Also accessible through:

https://rshiny.lifewatch.be/etn-data/

Availability: Unrestricted after moratorium period
Data are initially restricted, but the access condition relaxes to academic or unrestricted once a specified period of time after an event (such as collection, publication, completion of QC procedures or project cessation) has elapsed

Description

An acoustic telemetry array is active since 2019 to track movements of twaite shad, salmon and sea trout smolt and adult in the River Tawe, Swansea Bay, Gower coast and wider Bristol Channel in UK. Installed and maintained by Swansea University.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Acoustic arrays, Acoustic data, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Animal migrations, Fish migration, Fish movement, Migratory species, ANE, British Isles, Bristol Channel, ANE, British Isles, Wales, Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803), Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758, Salmo trutta fario Linnaeus, 1758, Vertebrata

Geographical coverage

ANE, British Isles, Bristol Channel [Marine Regions]

ANE, British Isles, Wales Stations [Marine Regions]

Swansea Bay
Coordinates: Long: -3751011; Lat: 51369071 [WGS84]
Gower Peninsula
River Tawe

Temporal coverage

From 2019 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage

Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803) [WoRMS]

Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Salmo trutta fario Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Vertebrata [WoRMS]

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