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. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e83249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083249

Table 2. Tiger sharks monitored at New Caledonia (Southern Province, Northern Province), the Chesterfields in the Coral Sea and Cairns (GBR) with satellite tags.

TigerShark TaggingLocation Sex TL(cm) Satellitetag typeand id MK10Pop-off date,SPOT 5 lasttransmission Duration ofdeployment(days) Max distancefrom releasepoint (km) Max depthduringdeployment(m) Modaldepth(m) Meandepth(m) Maxtemp(°C) Mintemp(°C) Modaltemp(°C) Meantemp(°C)
3 SP F 192 SPOT 5 11/03/2010 38 240
6 SP F 300 MK10 2/02/2009 4 208 80 64.0 48.5 26.2 25.1 26.1 25.7
8 SP M* 340 MK10 1/08/2009 19 150 368 40.0 53.0 24.4 14.4 23.8 23.2
9 SP F 370 MK10 22/02/2011 181 1141 1136 16.0 11.2 26.2 5.6 22.0
11 SP M* 390 MK10 11/02/2010 210 154 640 40.0 61.0 28.8 8.2 23.7 23.5
13 NP F 290 SPOT 5 17/03/2010 13 60
14 NP M# 294 SPOT 5 17/03/2010 7 23
16 CI F 260 miniMK10 27/08/2010 15 124 312 62.5 55.0 24.4 17.8 23.6 23.0
17 CI F 270 Fast-locMK10 17/08/2010 4 19 12.0 13.9 27.8 22.8 23.6 23.7
18 CI F 310 miniMK10 13/12/2010 93 207 536 39.5 91.0 27.4 9.4 24.0 20.7
25 CI F 332 Fast-locMK10 22/08/2010 7 101 66 40.5 28.0 32.2 23.4 23.6 23.8
29 C GBR M* 346 MK10 31/10/2012 78 240
30 C GBR F 367 Fast-locMK10 30/10/2012 DNR
31 C GBR F 370 Fast-locMK10 31/10/2012 DNR

Tiger shark numbers correspond to sharks with acoustic tags in Table 1.

refers to mature males.

# refers to male sharks with semi-calcified claspers. TL refers to total length. DNR refers to did not report.