Occurrence

Visdoorgangen - Fish passage places in Flanders, Belgium

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Description

Migration of fish in streams and rivers is prevented by various structures (mills, weirs, locks, ...). To make the migration of those fish species possible again, various projects are realized in Flanders. This dataset contains information on the functioning of the fish passages.

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Data Records

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Occurrence (core)
16572
MeasurementOrFacts 
27954

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Buysse D (2022): Visdoorgangen - Fish passage places in Flanders, Belgium. v15.4. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.15468/92ylpd

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 5d637678-cb64-4863-a12b-78b4e1a56628.  Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Cyprinidae; fish ladders; fishways; Rutilus rutilus; fish migration; freshwater fish; migratory fish; Occurrence

Contacts

David Buysse
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Researcher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Kliniekstraat 25
1070 Brussels
Brussels Capital Region
BE

Geographic Coverage

The Flemish Region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. It is usually simply referred to as Flanders. It occupies the northern part of Belgium and covers an area of 13,522 km2 (44.29% of Belgium). It is one of the most densely populated regions of Europe.

Bounding Coordinates South West [50.68, 2.54], North East [51.51, 5.92]

Taxonomic Coverage

All species in this dataset are fishes (Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi), except for the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), which is an invasive arthropod. The top 3 recorded species are Gobio gobio (29%), Rutilus rutilus (26%), and Barbatula barbatula (9%).

Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), Malacostraca, Cephalaspidomorphi
Species Abramis brama (common bream), Alburnus alburnus (common bleak), Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead), Anguilla anguilla (European eel), Barbatula barbatula (stone loach), Blicca bjoerkna (silver bream), Carassius gibelio (Prussian carp), Chondrostoma nasus (common nase), Cottus gobio (European bullhead), Cyprinus carpio (common carp), Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab), Esox lucius (northern pike), Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback), Gobio gobio (gudgeon), Gymnocephalus cernuus (Eurasian ruffe), Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish), Lampetra fluviatilis (European river lamprey), Lampetra planeri (European brook lamprey), Lepomis gibbosus (pumpkinseed), Leucaspius delineatus (belica), Leuciscus cephalus (European chub), Leuciscus idus (ide), Leuciscus leuciscus (common dace), Lota lota (burbot), Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout), Perca fluviatilis (European perch), Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow), Pseudorasbora parva (stone moroko), Pungitius pungitius (ninespine stickleback), Rhodeus amarus (European bitterling), Rutilus rutilus (common roach), Salmo trutta (brown trout), Sander lucioperca (zander), Scardinius erythrophthalmus (common rudd), Silurus glanis (wels catfish), Tinca tinca (tench)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2003-01-01 / 2008-01-01

Project Data

No Description available

Title Evaluation of Fish passage places (Project evaluatie visdoorgangen)
Funding VMM
Study Area Description Fish passages places in Flanders

The personnel involved in the project:

David Buysse
  • Point Of Contact

Sampling Methods

Fyke net catches

Study Extent Evaluation of Fish passage places
Quality Control All records are validated.

Method step description:

  1. Fyke nets were used.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Buysse, D. et al. (2007). Evaluatie van de visnevengeul langs de Ter Biestmolen in de Zwalm in Nederzwalm. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2007(49). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 37 pp.
  2. Buysse, D. et al. (2009). Evaluatie van de V-vormige bekkenvistrap aan de Voorste Luysmolen in de Abeek in Bocholt. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2009(33). INBO: Brussel. 82 pp.
  3. Buysse, D. et al. (2006). Evaluatie van de V-vormige bekkenvistrap in de Kleine Nete in Herentals. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2006.21. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 17 pp.
  4. Baeyens, R. et al. (2006). Evaluatie van de V-vormige bekkenvistrap in de Mark in Meersel-Dreef. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2006(30). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel : Belgium. 31 pp.
  5. Buysse, D. et al. (2006). Evaluatie van drie vistrappen in de Grote Gete in Tienen. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2006(18). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel : Belgium. 28 pp.
  6. Buysse, D. et al. (2008). Evaluatie van vismigratie vanuit de Grensmaas naar de Bosbeek. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2008(31). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel : Belgium. 75 pp.
  7. Coeck, J.; Buysse, D. (2007). Evaluatieonderzoek naar de werking van visdoorgangen in Vlaanderen Water: Tijdschrift over Integraal Waterbeleid 30
  8. Buysse, D. et al. (2006). Visdoorgangen in Vlaanderen : voldoen ze aan de eisen van onze zoetwatervissen? Natuur.focus 5(4): 118-123
  9. Buysse, D.; Coeck, J.; Tack, G. (2008). Vissen in de Zwalm : vroeger en nu Limoniet : natuurstudietijdschrift van de Natuurpunt regio Vlaamse Ardennen plus 1(2): 41-49

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 5d637678-cb64-4863-a12b-78b4e1a56628
https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=visdoorgangen-occurrences