Table 3. Diel patterns of tiger shark occurrence at acoustic receiver stations.
TigerShark | TaggingLocation | Date ofCapture | Sex | TL (cm) | day timedetections | night timedetections | X2 | P |
1 | SP | 30/01/2009 | F | 154 | 30 | 9 | 19.4 | <0.001 |
2 | SP | 7/07/2009 | F | 164 | 5 | 50 | 34.2 | <0.001 |
4 | SP | 9/07/2009 | F | 270 | 20 | 15 | 7.7 | 0.398 |
9 | SP | 24/08/2010 | F | 370 | 56 | 35 | 24.3 | 0.028 |
10 | SP | 28/01/2009 | M* | 380 | 44 | 58 | 14.6 | 0.166 |
16 | CI | 12/08/2010 | F | 260 | 474 | 389 | 173.4 | 0.004 |
17 | CI | 13/08/2010 | F | 270 | 62 | 374 | 203.2 | <0.001 |
18 | CI | 12/08/2010 | F | 310 | 1081 | 1868 | 443.7 | <0.001 |
19 | CI | 16/08/2010 | M* | 310 | 526 | 522 | 175.8 | 0.902 |
Chi-square analysis and P values refer to day and night time detections.