Dataset of Lake Fish Telemetry Publications, 1970-2024

1 Dataset of Lake Fish Telemetry Publications, 1970-2024 The LakeFishTelemetry dataset consists of selected extracted information from lake fish telemetry publications, using acoustic and radio telemetry technologies. Publications were searched using Web of Science in 2020 for period 1970-2019 and in 2024 for newer publications (2020-August 1, 2024). The data were extracted by a team of researchers with sound experience in fish telemetry. The original purpose of the extraction was to define time trends in various parameters of lake fish telemetry studies. This dataset includes information such as publication metadata (e.g., title, journal, year), study aims, research site (e.g., lake size and depth), study species (e.g., number of species studied, scientific name, size), fish handling (e.g., field methods such as capture method and anaesthetics used), tracking system (e.g., number of receivers, tag dimensions), study duration (e.g., total number of tracking days), and data processing (e.g., analyses used). See the full list of extracted information below. Each publication has publication-specific ID. Some publications have multiple rows of data as some of them were performed in multiple waterbodies and/or on multiple species. Thus, waterbodyand species-specific studies are separated. In total, the original dataset covering publications from the period of 1970-2024 contains 529 publications, 781 studies and 50,152 entries. NA stands for not available information. Empty field means information cannot be specified (e.g., mean fish length given across all waterbodies, i.e. per publication and not per study, in such case, information was recorded just once). The dataset consists of following files: 1) LakeFishTelemetry_ReadMe.pdf – dataset information 2) LakeFishTelemetry_Dataset.csv – main dataset with extracted information 3) LakeFishTelemetry_ExtractionTemplate.csv – extraction template that can be used in further extraction eorts 4) LakeFishTelemetry_ExtractionValues.csv – values of optional entries used in extraction template 5) LakeFishTelemetry_ExtractionExamples.csv – examples of extracted publications 6) LakeFishTelemetry_GuidelinesExtraction.pdf – instructions to extractions This dataset should be cited as: Prchalová, M., Jarić, I., Říha, M., Tsering, L., Piczak, M. L., Robichaud, J. A., Haley, A. L., Aarestrup, K., Baktoft, H., Bertram, M. G., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Brand, J. A., Brignone, S., Brodin, T., Brooks, J. L., Campos-Candela, A., Dhellemmes, F., Duda, A., Elings, J., … Souza, A. T. (2025). Dataset of Lake Fish Telemetry Publications, 1970-2024 (No. 10.5281/zenodo.17397187; Version 1.0) [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17397187 Categories and queries extracted in LakeFishTelemetry dataset Here is the list of nine categories totalling 70 queries of extracted informaon. Categories extracted: 2 1. Basic bibliometrics (12 queries) 2. Research quesons (2 queries) 3. Research site (10 queries) 4. Studied species (14 queries) 5. Fish handling (4 queries) 6. Tracking system (10 queries) 7. Study duraon (3 queries) 8. Data obtained (5 queries) 9. Data processing (6 queries) 1. Basic bibliometrics data 1.1. Year of publicaon 1.2. Author 1.3. Title 1.4. Journal Name 1.5. Type of arcle (one selecon opon) a) peer-reviewed arcle b) conference proceeding c) not sure d) other (specify) e) NA 1.6. Number of authors (number) 1.7. The first affiliaon of the first author (without department); if mulple affiliaons are provided, use the first affiliaon. 1.8. Internaonal authorship (one selecon opon) yes/no 1.9. Country of the first affiliaon of the first author (one selecon opon, select from the dropdown menu) 1.10. Country of the first affiliaon of the corresponding author (one selecon opon, select from the drop-down menu) 1.11. Country of the first affiliaon of the last author (one selecon opon, select from the dropdown menu) 3 1.12. Country of affiliaons of all authors not menoned in previous fields (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed, select from the drop-down menu) 2. Research quesons 2.1. Study aims (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) home range b) habitat preference c) reproducon behaviour d) parasism / diseases e) predaon / cannibalism / foraging f) intraspecific compeon g) interspecific compeon h) individual variability / personality i) seasonal changes j) reacon to abioc environmental cues k) reacon to stressors l) other (specify) m) not sure n) NA 2.2. If ‘reacon to stressors’ was selected in the previous field, list stressors studied (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) chemical polluon b) fishery management c) arficial light stress d) alien species e) water flow management f) temperature stress g) climate change h) translocaon to a new environment i) other (specify) j) not sure k) NA 3. Research site (mulple choice selecon & one selecon opons) 3.1. Type of the research of the main studied lenc environment (if more lakes, use a new row for a new lake and copy relevant fields from the original row) (one selecon opon) a) natural (lake, wetland, lagoon, etc.) 4 b) man-made (lake, reservoir, pit, pond, etc.) 3.2. Research site also included one or more other waterbodies yes/no 3.3. Type of other studied waterbodies (if posively responded to previous queson) (mulple responses allowed) a) natural lenc (lake, wetland, lagoon, etc.) b) man made lenc (lake, reservoir, pit, pond, etc.) c) loc d) marine e) brackish f) not sure g) NA 3.4. Name of the waterbody (separate mulple names by semicolon without space/-s) 3.5. Size of the waterbody (surface area, ha; number) 3.6. Maximum depth of the waterbody (m; number) 3.7. Latude of the main waterbody (main waterbody area midpoint if not provided) (in coordinate decimal degree format and in WGS84 coordinate system) 3.8. Longitude of the main waterbody (main waterbody area midpoint if not provided) (in coordinate decimal degree format and in WGS84 coordinate system) 3.9. Country (countries for transboundary waterbodies) (mulple responses allowed, select from the drop-down menu) 3.10. Connent (select from the drop-down menu) 4. Studied species 4.1. Number of species tracked in the study (integer); just the number of species really tracked and used for result analyses, not originally considered/caught/tagged in the beginning of the study 4.2. Species scienfic name (check the validity of the name at FishBase; if more species, use a new row for a new species and copy relevant entries from the original row) 4.3. Number of individuals tagged (number; the total number of fish that were tagged per study) 5 4.4. Mean / median body weight (g, number) 4.5. Minimal body weight (g, number) 4.6. Maximal body weight (g, number) 4.7. Type of the length measurement (one selecon opon) a) total length (TL) b) fork length (FL) c) standard length (SL) d) eye-to-fork length (EFL) e) not sure f) NA 4.8. Mean / median length (mm, number) 4.9. Minimum length (mm, number) 4.10. Maximum length (mm, number) 4.11. Age idenfied in the study (one selecon opon) yes/no/NA 4.12. Sex idenfied in the study (one selecon opon) yes/no/NA 4.13. Life stage of tracked fish (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) juveniles b) adults c) both d) not sure e) NA 4.14. Tracked fish originated from the studied waterbody (one selecon opon) yes / no / not sure / NA 5. Fish handling upon capture and tagging 5.1. Fish capture methods (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) nets 6 b) hooks c) electrofishing d) traps e) hatchery f) other (specify) g) not sure h) NA 5.2. Anesthec used (chemical name; text string) 5.3. Surgical procedure type (mulple responses allowed) If the tag is external, please, state it using other(specify) opon a) sewing b) gluing c) external aachment d) gastric inseron e) staples f) injecon g) other (specify) h) not sure i) NA 5.4. Tagging season (mulple responses allowed) a) summer b) spring c) autumn d) winter 6. Tracking system 6.1. Tracking system type, method (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) acve (manual posioning/defining detecons) b) passive (automac) - detecons (presence) c) passive (automac) - posional system d) other (specify) e) not sure f) NA 6.2. Tracking system type, technology (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) radio b) acousc 7 c) both d) combined e) other (specify) f) not sure g) NA 6.3. System frequency (kHz; integer or range of integers) 6.4. Producer of the system (mulple responses allowed) a) Lotek (Biotrack) b) Innovasea (Vemco, HTI) c) Sonotronics d) Thelma Biotel e) Vemco f) SMRU Instrumentaon g) Holohil Systems Ltd. h) ATS i) Biomark j) HTI k) CEFAS technology l) Star-Oddi m) Wildlife Computers n) Trovan o) Oregon RFID p) Technosmart q) Microwave Telemetry r) other (specify) s) not sure t) NA 6.5. Tag length (mm, number; mulple responses allowed, separate by semicolon without space/-s) 6.6. Tag diameter (mm, number; mulple responses allowed, separate by semicolon without space/- s) 6.7. Tag weight medium (one selecon opon) a) air b) water c) other (specify) d) not sure e) NA 8 6.8 Tag weight (g, number) 6.9. Total number of receivers used (integer) 6.10. Addional tag sensors (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) depth b) temperature c) acceleraon d) mortality e) muscle electrical acvity f) brain electrical acvity g) no h) other (specify) i) not sure j) NA 7. Study duraon (only period relevant for result analyses; if it is not possible, use the duraon available and if nothing is available, use NA) 7.1. Start of telemetry tracking (YYYY) 7.2. End of telemetry tracking (YYYY) 7.3. Total duraon of the tracking (days; integer) 8. Data obtained (only period relevant for result analyses) 8.1. Studied spaal dimensions (one selecon opon) a) vercal (1D) b) horizontal (2D) c) 3D d) other (specify) e) not sure f) NA 8.2. Total number of obtained detecons (number) per species if applicable 8.3. Total number of obtained posions (number) per species if applicable 9 8.4. Proporon (%) of individuals surviving unl the end of tracking per species if applicable 8.5. Telemetry data available aer publicaon (one selecon opon) a) no b) yes, as supplementary material c) yes, in online repository d) other (specify) e) not sure f) NA 9. Data processing 9.1. Soware used for detecon handling (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) soware provided by manufacturer of the telemetry equipment b) paid services c) publicly available tool d) proprietary algorithms e) manual detecon f) R g) other (specify) h) not sure i) NA 9.2. Soware used for posion calculaon (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed) a) soware provided by manufacturer of the telemetry equipment b) paid services c) publicly available tool d) proprietary algorithms e) manual posioning f) R g) other (specify) h) not sure i) NA 9.3. Analysed telemetry parameters (mulple choice queson, mulple responses allowed; divide mulple values by semicolon without space/-s) a) home range b) swimming speed c) swum distance d) trajectory characteriscs e) accelerometer acvity characteriscs f) discriminaon of behavioural modes