Description
This is the OBIS extraction of the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) SERC Chesapeake Bay Rivers Array, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals. If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=ACT.CBRIVERS24).
Abstract:In this project we are assessing the migration ecology of river herring (alewife and blueback herring) in the Chesapeake Bay. River herring are a valuable ecological, economic, and cultural resource, but populations have declined to < 2% of their historical abundance. Rebuilding river herring populations has been identified as a high priority goal by private landowners, non-governmental organizations, and state agencies in the Chesapeake Bay region. We are using acoustic telemetry to track individual fish during their full annual migration between freshwater and ocean habitats in three river systems – Patapsco River, Potomac River, Rappahannock River.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 13,963 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
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. Accessed via the Ocean Tracking Network OBIS IPT on INSERT DATE
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 906bba2d-4d47-45c5-a7a6-f261fe468672. Ocean Tracking Network publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
ACOUSTIC TAGS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH; Occurrence; Samplingevent; Observation
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| SERC Chesapeake Bay Rivers Array | https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=ACT.CBRIVERS24 ASCII HTM |
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Contacts
- Originator ●
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- Dalhousie University
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Geographic Coverage
MD, VA
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [37.85, -77.48], North East [39.35, -76.49] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.
| Species | Alosa pseudoharengus (alewife), Alosa aestivalis (blueback herring) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 2023-12-01 |
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Project Data
In this project we are assessing the migration ecology of river herring (alewife and blueback herring) in the Chesapeake Bay. River herring are a valuable ecological, economic, and cultural resource, but populations have declined to < 2% of their historical abundance. Rebuilding river herring populations has been identified as a high priority goal by private landowners, non-governmental organizations, and state agencies in the Chesapeake Bay region. We are using acoustic telemetry to track individual fish during their full annual migration between freshwater and ocean habitats in three river systems – Patapsco River, Potomac River, Rappahannock River.
| Title | Migration Ecology of River Herring in the Chesapeake Bay |
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| Funding | No funding information for this project was provided to ACT for publication. The ACT Network is a community of researchers studying animal movement based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD. Support for the ACT Network is primarily provided by the US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and its regional associations, MARACOOS and NERACOOS, and in part by The Nature Conservancy. In addition, the ACT Network is grateful to the US Animal Telemetry Network, Ocean Tracking Network, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center for their continued support. |
| Study Area Description | No study area description for this project was provided to ACT for publication. |
| Design Description | A wide range of aquatic species are tagged with small electronic transmitters, surgically implanted or attached externally, which can operate for up to 20 years. Acoustic receivers arranged in line on the ocean floor as well as attached to buoys, gliders and large animals (e.g. grey seals) pick up the coded acoustic signals from these tags identifying each tagged sea creature that passes within half a kilometer of the receiver. Data collected by these listening stations are subsequently uploaded to one of many compatible data nodes, adding to the reach of an intercompatible network of networks designed and maintained by the Ocean Tracking Network, producing current and reliable records for every part of the globe. Certain classes of electronic tags and listening equipment (receivers) may also be outfitted or co-located with sensors to measure the ocean's temperature, depth, salinity, currents, chemistry, and other properties. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Acoustic tags released.
| Study Extent | Program started 2023-12-01 and ran until None |
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| Quality Control | All species names are verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). If species names on new data cannot be verified against (a) known valid names in ACT or OTN, and/or (b) WoRMS the Data Provider will be notified so they can check they are correct. Names that cannot be placed after checking with WoRMS are, where possible, placed on the basis of other authoritative sources, such as FishBase or ITIS; and once completely verified a request will be sent to WoRMS for addition of the verified species name. http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discovery/byspecies |
Method step description:
- This resource is curated by the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Data Centre, this archive was produced using software created by the Ocean Tracking Network to serve as a summarized representation of animal presence determined by electronic tagging efforts. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the ACT database and OTN-affiliated data systems, filtered and summarized according to international agreed-upon standards.
Bibliographic Citations
- In: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Retrieved: 2026-04-17 from data.theactnetwork.com
Additional Metadata
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| Purpose | These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 10.14286/uln7kj |
| 906bba2d-4d47-45c5-a7a6-f261fe468672 | |
| https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otnsercsercchesapeakebayr |