Table 4. Mississippi Sound common bottlenose dolphins satellite-linked tagged during summer 2013 and grouped by stratum (Inshore or Island) (ND = not determined; SD = standard deviation).
Freeze Brand No. | Deploy Date | Age (yrs) | Length (cm) | Tag Life (days) | Fixed Kernel Home Range Area (km2) | Maximum Distance Between Locations (km) | |
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95% | 50% | ||||||
Inshore—Females (n = 8) | |||||||
661 | 23-Jul | ND | 228 | 158 | 101.20 | 21.76 | 31.83 |
665 | 23-Jul | ND | 231 | 218 | 210.96 | 48.16 | 42.28 |
667 | 24-Jul | ND | 230 | 233 | 166.60 | 30.64 | 36.89 |
669 | 30-Jul | ND | 177 | 253 | 101.80 | 27.44 | 25.26 |
671 | 30-Jul | ND | 236 | 175 | 87.56 | 23.56 | 29.22 |
673 | 30-Jul | ND | 229 | 203 | 120.72 | 27.40 | 28.09 |
675 | 31-Jul | ND | 235 | 157 | 62.80 | 15.00 | 16.43 |
677 | 31-Jul | ND | 231 | 213 | 44.84 | 8.92 | 19.9 |
Mean | ND | 224.6 | 201.3 | 112.1 | 25.4 | 28.7 | |
SD | ND | 19.44 | 35.1 | 54.25 | 11.65 | 8.47 | |
Inshore—Males (n = 9) | |||||||
660 | 25-Jul | 20 | 264 | 228 | 164.36 | 28.52 | 33.23 |
662 | 25-Jul | 5.5 | 233 | 189 | 61.60 | 12.88 | 17.11 |
664 | 26-Jul | 8.5 | 234 | 171 | 88.48 | 27.36 | 24.99 |
668 | 26-Jul | 5.5 | 213 | 164 | 56.84 | 15.44 | 23.96 |
670 | 26-Jul | 5.5 | 211 | 228 | 95.36 | 23.12 | 23.59 |
672 | 28-Jul | 7 | 202 | 252 | 48.80 | 10.92 | 18.21 |
678 | 30-Jul | 30 | 265 | 150 | 129.32 | 36.08 | 34.09 |
680 | 1-Aug | 6.5 | 208 | 156 | 26.24 | 7.20 | 14.32 |
682 | 1-Aug | 15 | 244 | 188 | 131.08 | 27.92 | 23.08 |
Mean | 11.5 | 230.4 | 191.8 | 89.1 | 21.1 | 23.6 | |
SD | 8.58 | 23.77 | 36.23 | 45.35 | 9.78 | 6.73 | |
Island—Males (n = 2) | |||||||
674 | 29-Jul | 19 | 260 | 73 | 125.2 | 18.64 | 79.29 |
676 | 29-Jul | 15 | 241 | 165 | 190.52 | 36.88 | 69.52 |
Mean | 17 | 250.5 | 119 | 157.9 | 27.8 | 74.4 |