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MICHIMIT: From non-tidal to tidal environments: movement behaviour of Chinese mitten crabs on downstream spawning migration
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Keirsebelik, Heleen; Verhelst, Pieterjan; D’hondt, Bram; Schoelynck, Jonas (2025). From non-tidal to tidal environments: movement behaviour of Chinese mitten crabs on downstream spawning migration. https://doi.org/10.14284/726
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Keirsebelik, Heleen Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The invasive Chinese mitten crab is a freshwater species, however, for its reproduction it is dependent on salt water. Therefore, adult Chinese mitten crabs migrate during autumn from their freshwater habitat towards the sea via the River Scheldt. Through acoustic telemetry we hope to uncover the timing of this migration, their migration speed and the timing and place of reproduction (does it take place in the Scheldt Estuary or in the North Sea?). This information is valuable to have a better understanding of the ecology and lifecycle of this species in its invasive range, but could possibly be used for management purposes as well. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates, Physical > Underwater acoustics Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Acoustic data, Acoustic detection, Acoustic devices, Acoustic tags, Acoustic Tags, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Acoustic tracking, Animal Project, Downstream migrations, Invasive species, Migration patterns, Reproductive ecology, Reproductive season, Spawning migrations, Spawning populations, Spawning season, Tracking, Belgium, North Sea, Belgium, Scheldt, Crustacea, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Temporal coverage
9 October 2020 - July 2023 Parameter
Acoustic detections Methodology
Acoustic detections: Acoustic telemetry Contributors
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Parent dataset: European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
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Institute home page: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2020-11-10
Information last updated: 2025-03-25
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