Visherintroductie - Reintroduction of the fishes chub, dace, burbot, and brown trout in Flanders, Belgium

Study Extent

18 watercourses in Flanders, Belgium were sampled to evaluate the success of reintroduction: Abeek, Asbeek, Balengracht, Bosbeek, Grote nete, Hanskenselsloop, Heiloop, Ijsse, Itterbeek, Laan, Maarkebeek, meer van Rotselaar (lake), Molenbeek, Scherpenbergloop, Terkleppebeek, Vleterbeek, Zeeploop, and Zwalm.

Sampling

Electrofishing was used to measure the reintroduction success. The number of individuals was recorded, as well fork length (tip of snout to fork of tail in millimeter) and weight (gram). The water temperature was measured in °C.

Quality Control

All records are validated.

Method steps

1. Electrofishing was used to sample the trajectories.

All species in this dataset are fishes (Actinopterygii, Petromyzontida), with a sampling focus on European chub (Leuciscus cephalus), burbot (Lota lota), common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and brown trout (Salmo trutta). The top 3 recorded species are Leuciscus leuciscus (34%), Leuciscus cephalus (24%), and Lota lota (18%).

1. Actinopterygii
   common name: ray-finned fishes rank: class
2. Squalius cephalus
   common name: European chub rank: species
3. Ameiurus nebulosus
   common name: brown bullhead rank: species
4. Anguilla anguilla
   common name: European eel rank: species
5. Cobitis taenia
   common name: spined loach rank: species
6. Esox lucius
   common name: northern pike rank: species
7. Gasterosteus aculeatus
   common name: three-spined stickleback rank: species
8. Gobio gobio
   common name: gudeon rank: species
9. Lampetra planeri
   common name: European brook lamprey rank: species
10. Lepomis gibbosus
    common name: pumpkinseed rank: species
11. Leuciscus cephalus
    common name: European chub rank: species
12. Leuciscus idus
    common name: ide rank: species
13. Leuciscus leuciscus
    common name: common dace rank: species
14. Lota lota
    common name: burbot rank: species
15. Oncorhynchus mykiss
    common name: rainbow trout rank: species
16. Perca fluviatilis
    common name: European perch rank: species
17. Pseudorasbora parva
    common name: stone moroko rank: species
18. Pungitius pungitius
    common name: ninespine stickleback rank: species
19. Rutilus rutilus
    common name: common roach rank: species
20. Salmo trutta
    common name: brown trout rank: species
21. Stizostedion lucioperca
    common name: zander rank: species
22. Umbra pygmaea
    common name: eastern mudminnow rank: species
23. Petromyzontida
    rank: class
24. Animalia
    common name: animals rank: kingdom

Watercourses in Flanders, Belgium.