Table 4. Number of biopsy sampling and satellite tagging attempts on killer whales at Marion Island.
Attempts | Hits | Hitrate (%)a | Misses | Successfulhitsb | Sampling/taggingrate (%)a | |
Biopsy | 72 | 44 | 61.11 | 28 | 31 | 43.06 |
Tagging(Kiwisat 202) | 23 | 15 | 65.22 | 8 | 7c | 30.43 |
Tagging (SPOT5) | 11 | 9 | 81.81 | 2 | 9c | 81.81 |
Tagging (Mk10-A) | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 3c | 100.00 |
Notes: aFollowing [24]; bHit and tissue sample for biopsy sampling, hit and attach for satellite tagging; cTags attached, but did not necessarily penetrate properly.