Impacts of bird predation on the detection of acoustic telemetry tags in fish

This data release contains the methodology and results of two field experiments performed in 2024 to better understand how predation impacts detection efficiency of acoustic tags. The first experiment was a static approach focusing on how different tag types, tag power, depth distance to passive receivers, and predation would affect detection efficiency. It utilized both tagged yellow perch (Perca flavescens) as well as double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) that had "consumed" a tagged yellow perch. The second experiment was designed to simulate cormorant diving activity and determined how that behavior and tags with different nominal signal delays affected detection efficiency.