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Starved Rock navigation lock fish clearing hydroacoustic data, Illinois River (2020)

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2020-09-24
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Rivera, J.M., Cupp, A.R., Ridgway, J.L., Chapman, D.C., Hoster, B.E., Acre, M.R., Calfee, R.D., Fischer, J.R., and Duncker, J.J., 2021, Starved Rock navigation lock fish clearing hydroacoustic data, Illinois River (2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94TS236.

Summary

These datasets (e.g., 'Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Pre-clearing_Sonar-s1.csv') include exported information (e.g., fish detection counts) from processed fixed-location multi-beam imaging sonar and mobile side-scan sonar data. Fish abundance in the navigation lock was determined using mobile side-scan surveys, while multi-beam imaging sonars were used to determine fish counts relative to time (i.e., fish per minute). The datasets were used to examine the efficacy of electricity and underwater acoustics, used in tandem, to affect fish abundance (as determined by hydroacoustic data sampling).

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Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Mid-clearing_Sonar-n1.csv 42.12 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Mid-clearing_Sonar-n2.csv 24.53 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Mid-clearing_Sonar-s1.csv 30.08 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Post-clearing_Sonar-n1.csv 9.1 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Post-clearing_Sonar-n2.csv 9.24 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Post-clearing_Sonar-s1.csv 10.78 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Pre-clearing_Sonar-n1.csv 107.46 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Pre-clearing_Sonar-n2.csv 67.07 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Pre-clearing_Sonar-s1.csv 82.01 KB text/csv
Starved Rock fish clearing_side-scan sonar fish data.csv 1.04 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to evaluate the effectiveness of a dual-deterrent (i.e., electricity and underwater acoustics) at clearing fish from a navigation lock; specifically whether there was a difference in the number of remote fish detections before, during, and after the fish clearing effort. These data will help support management decisions pertaining to the use of the electricity and underwater acoustics combined to clear from a navigation lock.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P94TS236

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