Table 4. Tiger shark thermal preferences.
| Shark | < 12°C | 12–18°C | 18–22°C | 22–26°C | 26–30°C | > 30°C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 0.1 (±1) | 1 (±3) | 3 (±8) | 21 (±32) | 74 (±36) | 1 (±10) |
| T1 | 0 | 0.1 (±0.2) | 1 (±1) | 24 (±21) | 76 (±21) | 0 |
| T2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (±22) | 95 (±22) | 0 |
| T3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (±14) | 97 (±14) | 0 |
| T5 | 0 (±0.1) | 0.3 (±1) | 1 (±4) | 12 (±27) | 86 (±29) | 0 |
| T6 | 0 (±0.3) | 1 (±2) | 4 (±7) | 18 (±22) | 78 (±26) | 0 |
| T7 | 1 (±3) | 6 (±7) | 13 (±10) | 34 (±20) | 46 (±25) | 6 (±14) |
| T8 | 1 (±2) | 5 (±5) | 8 (±9) | 39 (±24) | 48 (±27) | 0 |
| T9 | 0 | 0.1 (±0.3) | 0.1 (±1) | 3 (±11) | 97 (±12) | 21 (±38) |
| T10 | 1 (±2) | 4 (±6) | 10 (±12) | 32 (±19) | 53 (±26) | 6 (±11) |
| T11 | 0 (±0) | 0 (±0.2) | 0.3 (±2) | 7 (±17) | 93 (±17) | 0 |
| T12 | 0.2 (±1) | 1 (±3) | 6 (±15) | 39 (±38) | 54 (±39) | 0 |
| T13 | 0 | 0.1 (±0.2) | 2 (±5) | 19 (±30) | 35 (±40) | 0 |
| T14 | 0 (±0.2) | 1 (±1) | 2 (±7) | 15 (±29) | 83 (±31) | 0 |
| T15 | 0.1 (±0.3) | 4 (±5) | 20 (±27) | 30 (±26) | 46 (±36) | 0 |
| T16 | 0.4 (±1) | 3 (±4) | 13 (±14) | 43 (±28) | 41 (±32) | 0 |
| T18 | 0 (±0.1) | 2 (±2) | 8 (±10) | 86 (±17) | 5 (±13) | 0 |
| T19 | 0.1 (±0.3) | 0.4 (±1) | 1 (±1) | 74 (±32) | 25 (±32) | 0 |
| T20 | 0 (±0.4) | 0.3 (±1) | 1 (±3) | 19 (±32) | 80 (±34) | 0 |
Overall proportion of time (mean ± SD), in percentage, spent at each temperature stratum for all sharks combined and each shark separately. Note that the sum of each row may not always equal 100 due to rounding errors.