DETR- Delaware Tributaries

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre

doi:10.14286/cpkiqa

DETR- Delaware Tributaries

Citation

. Accessed via the Ocean Tracking Network OBIS IPT on INSERT DATE https://doi.org/10.14286/cpkiqa accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.

Description

This is the OBIS extraction of the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry and Delaware Sea Grant (UD-Sea Grant) DETR- Delaware Tributaries, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals. If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=ACT.DETRARMA).

Abstract:This project looks to assess the habitat and connectivity of American Eel and White Perch among modified and unmodified tributaries of Delaware Bay, before, during, and after the installation of living shoreline habitats. This will be done via acoustic telemetry, tracking the movement and residency through time and assessing any changes in behavior following the installation of these living shorelines. Living shorelines are an important part of coastal habitat restoration, working to reduce coastal erosion and increase available habitat for species found in these systems. The results of this study will inform on the ecological impacts of these installations to key species.

Purpose

These data are for display on the OBIS portal and associated mapping programs and for download to personal computers for ad-hoc end-user analysis.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Program started 2025-03-01 and ran until None

Sampling

Acoustic tags released.

Quality Control

All species names are verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). If species names on new data cannot be verified against (a) known valid names in ACT or OTN, and/or (b) WoRMS the Data Provider will be notified so they can check they are correct. Names that cannot be placed after checking with WoRMS are, where possible, placed on the basis of other authoritative sources, such as FishBase or ITIS; and once completely verified a request will be sent to WoRMS for addition of the verified species name. http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discovery/byspecies

Method steps

This resource is curated by the Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Data Centre, this archive was produced using software created by the Ocean Tracking Network to serve as a summarized representation of animal presence determined by electronic tagging efforts. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the ACT database and OTN-affiliated data systems, filtered and summarized according to international agreed-upon standards.

Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.

Anguilla rostrata
common name: American eel rank: species
Morone americana
common name: white perch rank: species

Geographic Coverages

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Bibliographic Citations

In: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Retrieved: 2025-06-20 from data.theactnetwork.com -

Contacts

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre
originator
position: Data Manager
Ocean Tracking Network
Dalhousie University
Halifax
B3H 4J1
Nova Scotia
CA
Telephone: +1 (902) 494-4101
email: otndc@dal.ca
homepage: https://members.oceantrack.org

Kimberly Richie
metadata author
position: Data Manager
SERC
US
email: east.coast.telemetry@gmail.com

Edward Hale
principal investigator
Delaware Sea Grant
US
email: ehale@udel.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-6420

Peyton McCain
content provider
University of Delaware
US
email: pmccain@udel.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8269-6214

Brendan Campbell
content provider
University of Delaware
US
email: bpc@udel.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-7658

Rileigh Hudock
content provider
University of Delaware
US
email: hudockr@udel.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0009-0009-2769-2880

Matthew Sclafani
content provider
Cornell University
US
email: ms332@cornell.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0737-6839

Thomas Grothues
content provider
Rutgers University
US
email: grothues@marine.rutgers.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-8286

Bradley Peterson
content provider
Stony Brook University
US
email: bradley.peterson@stonybrook.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-8253

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
Ocean Tracking Network
Dalhousie University
Halifax
B3H 4J1
Nova Scotia
CA
Telephone: +1 (902) 494-4101
email: otndc@dal.ca
homepage: http://members.oceantrack.org