A large dataset of detection and submeter-accurate 3-D trajectories of juvenile Chinook salmon

Journal Article · 06 August 2021 · Scientific Data

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00992-x · OSTI ID:1812224

Martinez, Jayson; Fu, Tao; Li, Xinya; Hou, Hongfei; Wang, Jingxian ; Eppard, M. Brad ; Deng, Zhiqun Daniel

Abstract Acoustic telemetry has been used extensively to study the behavior of aquatic animals. The Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) is one such system; it was developed for studying juvenile salmonids but has been used to study numerous species. A recent innovation of the JSATS system is an acoustic transmitter that is small enough to be implanted through injection or small incision that doesn’t require sutures. Use of the JSATS system involves deploying cabled acoustic receivers at hydroelectric dams, or other structures, and autonomous acoustic receivers in free-flowing sections of a river. The raw detections from acoustic-tagged fish are processed to remove potential false positives. The clean detections (5,147,996 total) are used to generate detection events and to compute 3-D trajectories (403,900 total), which are used to assign fish to a passage route through a dam. Controlled field testing involving a high-accuracy Global Positioning System receiver is done to validate the submeter accuracy of the trajectories. The JSATS dataset could be reused for expanding the understanding of near-dam fish behavior.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1812224
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA--158634; 211; PII: 992
• Journal Information: Scientific Data, Journal Name: Scientific Data Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2052-4463
• Publisher: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English