Small sample sizes dominate recent acoustic telemetry studies of fish movements and migrations.
Authors: Błońska, D., Tarkan, A.S., Britton, J.R.
Journal: J Fish Biol
Publication Date: 24/08/2026
eISSN: 1095-8649
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.70623
Abstract:Acoustic telemetry (AT) tracks fish movements across time and space but is constrained by high costs, challenges in capturing fish and obtaining sufficient data. A meta-analysis of AT studies completed between 2019 and 2023 extracted data on 584 records across 258 species. These revealed that 77% of AT studies tagged fewer than 100 individuals per species (median: 39), with 83% of tagged fish providing data used for movement analyses. These results suggest that AT studies can be limited in their ability to analyse fish movements and migrations at population levels.
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Small sample sizes dominate recent acoustic telemetry studies of fish movements and migrations.
Authors: Błońska, D., Tarkan, A.S., Britton, J.R.
Journal: Journal of fish biology
Publication Date: 08/2026
eISSN: 1095-8649
ISSN: 0022-1112
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.70623
Abstract:Acoustic telemetry (AT) tracks fish movements across time and space but is constrained by high costs, challenges in capturing fish and obtaining sufficient data. A meta-analysis of AT studies completed between 2019 and 2023 extracted data on 584 records across 258 species. These revealed that 77% of AT studies tagged fewer than 100 individuals per species (median: 39), with 83% of tagged fish providing data used for movement analyses. These results suggest that AT studies can be limited in their ability to analyse fish movements and migrations at population levels.
Source: Europe PubMed Central