Marine Environmental Data & Information Network provides a dataset derived from a single data storage tag deployed on an Atlantic cod. The dataset contains 309 days of depth measurements at a 10-minute sampling rate and daily horizontal position estimates, tracking the fish's migration from the English Channel to the northeast UK coast. The cod was tagged on 03/04/2001 and recaptured on 06/02/2002.
Use Cases
- Modeling diel vertical migration patterns based on high-frequency depth data.
- Analyzing seasonal migration routes based on daily horizontal position estimates.
- Studying habitat preferences relative to bathymetric features like the Dogger Bank.
- Calibrating movement models for Atlantic cod using individual-level tracking data.
Strengths
- Contains 309 days of continuous tracking data from a single individual.
- Depth data is recorded at a high 10-minute sampling rate for the full deployment period.
- Includes a focused high-resolution subset of depth measurements for July 2001.
Limitations
- Data is from a single individual, limiting generalizability to the population.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
- Collection Method
- Derived from a data storage tag deployed on a single Atlantic cod.
- Time Range
- 2001-04-03 to 2002-02-06
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-11 08:09:57.942142; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- North Sea, English Channel, northeast coast of the UK