Table 1. Summary of satellite tag deployment data and movement descriptors of blue whales instrumented in Chilean Northern Patagonia.
ID | TAG Type | Transmission start | Transmission end | Track duration (days) | Distance travelled (km) | ARS Speed (mean ± SD) (km h−1) | Transit Speed (km h−1) |
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1 | Spot | 2013-04-01 | 2013-05-15 | 45 | 1028.6 | 0.97 ± 1.2 (0.05–5.7) | na |
2a | Spot | 2015-04-09 | 2015-04-25 | 17 | 509.7 | 1.14 ± 1.3 (0.1–3.8) | na |
2b | Spot | 2015-05-31 | 2015-07-06 | 37 | 313.2 | 0.36 ± 0.3 (0.02–0.9) | na |
3 | Spot | 2015-04-14 | 2015-07-05 | 83 | 7086.1 | na | 4.17 ± 1.1 (2.0–6.1) |
4 | MK10 | 2015-04-09 | 2015-06-12 | 65 | 5102.9 | na | 3.55 ± 1.2 (0.8–7.1) |
5 | MK10 | 2015-04-16 | 2015-06-09 | 55 | 3923.7 | na | 4.05 ± 1.1 (2.0–6.3) |
6 | MK10 | 2015-04-17 | 2015-09-24 | 161 | 7420.3 | 0.52 ± 0.5 (0.01–2.4) | 5.43 ± 1.7 (2.6–10.2) |
7 | MK10 | 2015-04-13 | 2015-05-03 | 21 | 143.7 | 0.34 ± 0.4 (0.02–1.1) | na |
8 | Spot | 2016-04-10 | 2016-05-04 | 25 | 188.8 | 0.34 ± 0.3 (0.04–0.8) | na |
9 | Spot | 2016-04-04 | 2016-04-25 | 23 | 648.0 | na | 3.1 ± 1.1 (1.9–4.0) |
10 | Spot | 2016-04-05 | 2016-10-22 | 201 | 8820.1 | 0.78 ± 0.9 (0.03–3.9) | 5.2 ± 1.1 (2.3–6.9) |
Pooled | 0.67 ± 0.8 (0.01–5.7) | 4.3 ± 1.4 (0.8–10.2) |