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Fish monitoring data in Lake Kasumigaura

Dataset homepage

Citation

Matsuzaki S (2022). Fish monitoring data in Lake Kasumigaura. Version 13.10. National Institute of Genetics, ROIS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nhsh6m accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-27.

Description

Lake Kasumigaura is the second largest lake in Japan. A long-term monitoring program has been conducted by National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. Fish and shrimp samples were monitored in cooperation with a local professional fisherman every 2 to 3 months since 2005. This data set includes 43 fish species, 3 shrimp species and 1 frog species. These data are fishery-independent time-series data.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Fish and shrimp samples were taken from the southeast shore of Lake Kasumigaura (near the Dosakibana in Inashiki city) every 2 to 3 months.

Sampling

In cooperation with a local professional fisherman, we captured fish and shrimp using a large stationary net, which consists of three trap nets (70 cm in diameter, 6 m in length, 3 mm mesh size) and a leader net (80 m in length, 11 mm mesh size). The stationary net was washed out before sampling and was set for 24 h in a similar manner. The samples were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic unit and the number of individuals of each species (ind./day) was counted. The wet mass of each species (wet mass(g)/day) was also measured.

Method steps

  1. Monitoring of freshwater fish using a large stationary net

Taxonomic Coverages

18 families including 43 fish species, 3 shrimp species and 1 frog species
  1. Anguillidae
    rank: family
  2. Atherinidae
    rank: family
  3. Bagridae
    rank: family
  4. Centrarchidae
    rank: family
  5. Cobitidae
    rank: family
  6. Cyprinidae
    rank: family
  7. Gobiidae
    rank: family
  8. Hemiramphidae
    rank: family
  9. Ictaluridae
    rank: family
  10. Mugilidae
    rank: family
  11. Osmeridae
    rank: family
  12. Palaemonidae
    rank: family
  13. Percichthyidae
    rank: family
  14. Plecoglossidae
    rank: family
  15. Ranidae
    rank: family
  16. Salangidae
    rank: family
  17. Siluridae
    rank: family
  18. Varunidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Shin-ichiro Matsuzaki
originator
position: Head
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa
Tsukuba
305-8506
Ibaraki
JP
email: matsuzakiss@nies.go.jp
Shin-ichiro Matsuzaki
metadata author
position: Head
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa
Tsukuba
305-8506
Ibaraki
JP
email: matsuzakiss@nies.go.jp
Shin-ichiro Matsuzaki
content provider
position: Head
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa
Tsukuba
305-8506
Ibaraki
JP
email: matsuzakiss@nies.go.jp
Kumiko Totsu
programmer
position: Specialist (Database engineer)
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa
Tsukuba
305-8506
Ibaraki
JP
email: totsu.kumiko@nies.go.jp
Shin-ichiro Matsuzaki
administrative point of contact
position: Head
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa
Tsukuba
305-8506
Ibaraki
JP
email: matsuzakiss@nies.go.jp
Biodiversity Division
administrative point of contact
National Institute for Environmental Studies
email: biodiv.data@nies.go.jp
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