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. 2015 Apr 23;10(4):e0124754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124754

Table 1. Summary statistics for 68th and 95th percentiles of spatial errors (and their latitudinal and longitudinal components) associated with each Argos Location Class (LC) for Kalman-filtered Argos telemetry data, collected from bearded seals (N = 6) and ringed seals (N = 10) between 19th July 2011 and 18th April 2013 along the west coast of Svalbard.

Argos location class   68th percentile 95th percentile Fitted T Distribution parameters
N Distance (km) Latitude Longitude Distance (km) Latitude Longitude Distance Latitude Longitude
              Theta DF Theta DF Theta DF
Bearded seals                          
3 10 0.58 0.25 0.40 0.82 0.53 0.79 - - - - - -
2 37 0.61 0.44 0.34 1.33 1.09 0.84 0.30 4.63 0.27 2.18 0.21 1.73
1 40 1.14 0.86 0.62 2.19 2.01 1.27 0.45 2.59 0.55 2.18 0.62 9.13
0 37 2.42 1.89 1.47 4.63 3.64 2.96 1.05 10.01 1.78 50.21 1.47 1.56
A 222 1.38 0.84 0.89 5.61 2.77 3.63 0.46 1.27 0.69 1.91 0.64 1.75
B 1938 2.00 1.31 1.17 4.61 3.58 3.36 0.90 2.63 1.05 2.55 0.94 2.64
Ringed Seals                          
3 16 0.47 0.27 0.31 0.92 0.69 0.77 0.10 0.57 0.15 0.66 0.16 0.68
2 29 0.74 0.49 0.47 1.47 1.35 0.88 - - 0.44 3.18 - -
1 28 1.56 1.24 0.77 2.67 2.15 1.58 0.80 9.28 1.30 3.93 0.83 7.07
0 14 2.58 1.83 1.70 26.43 26.13 5.65 0.85 1.00 0.78 0.81 0.76 1.15
A 174 1.65 1.12 0.99 4.90 2.78 3.71 0.69 1.74 0.77 1.85 0.69 1.72
B 2014 2.04 1.27 1.28 5.75 4.16 4.13 0.78 1.42 0.88 1.51 0.90 1.66
Combined                          
3 26 0.57 (0.51, 0.49) 0.26 0.36 0.96 0.82 0.91 0.15 0.87 0.18 0.92 0.17 0.81
2 66 0.74(0.67, 1.01) 0.45 0.43 1.47 1.31 0.89 0.36 6.73 0.34 2.53 0.39 8.35
1 68 1.32 (1.02, 1.20) 1.00 0.64 2.67 2.10 1.48 0.61 4.34 0.79 3.56 0.71 14.19
0 51 2.42 (4.15, 4.18) 1.88 1.61 4.67 3.73 3.07 0.85 1.84 1.35 2.01 1.26 3.44
A 396 1.51 (10.19, 6.19) 1.01 0.95 5.07 2.82 3.71 0.58 1.52 0.72 1.87 0.66 1.72
B 3952 2.02 (9.24, 10.28) 1.30 1.22 5.29 3.96 3.66 0.82 1.75 0.95 1.82 0.90 1.95

Values in parentheses in the combined 68th percentile estimates represent data derived from Least Squares processed Argos telemetry data taken from [9] and [12], respectively. Dashed lines represent a failure to converge on a distribution parameter by maximum likelihood. The 68th Percentile error estimates from LC 3,2 and 1 were comparable to those described elsewhere, however the estimates for the lower classes were considerably smaller.