Atlantic Cod and Plaice Daily Movement Data in the North Sea, 1996-2010

From 1996 to 2010, archival data storage tags were deployed on 107 individual Atlantic cod and European plaice in the North Sea and English Channel. The dataset provides bivariate time series of daily horizontal and vertical movements for each fish, with time series lengths varying from 40 to 399 days. Daily geolocation estimates are also included.

Use Cases

• Modeling fish migration patterns based on daily horizontal movement data.
• Analyzing diel vertical movement behavior based on daily vertical displacement records.
• Studying individual variability in movement ecology based on the 107 unique fish time series.
• Mapping species distribution and habitat use based on the provided daily latitude and longitude estimates.

Strengths

• Contains movement data for 107 individual fish, providing a multi-individual perspective.
• Covers a long-term study period from 1996 to 2010, spanning 14 years.
• Includes detailed daily movement records with time series up to 399 days in length.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Derived from the deployment of archival data storage tags (DST) on fish.

Time Range

1996 to 2010

Freshness

Data collection ended in 2010; the dataset is historical.

Geography

North Sea and English Channel