Table 2.
Track details for tagged adult female short-finned eels from south-western Victoria in 2019.
| 179352 | 179353 | 179354 | 179357 | 179358 | 179359 | 179360 | 179361 | 179363 | 179364 | 179385 | 179386 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled pop-up time | days | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 210 | 240 | 240 |
| Actual pop-up time | days | 38 | NA | 30 | 17 | 146 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 51 | 62 | 45 | 15 |
| Total track | km | 1060 | 2620 | 1010 | 120 | 2320 | 810 | 700 | 640 | 1450 | 1830 | 1100 | 485 |
| Max depth | m | 1016 | 1120 | 1020 | 107 | 1020 | 905 | 75 | 97 | 1055 | 1065 | 1280 | 72 |
| Min temp | °C | 6.0 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 16.5 |
| Max temp | °C | 22.5 | 37.1 | 20.6 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 37.1 | 26.7 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 19.9 | 15.9 | 26.7 |
| Release | Date | 17 April | 17 April | 24 April | 26 April | 26 April | 17 April | 24 April | 24 April | 26 April | 26 April | 17 April | 24 April |
| Long E | 142.51 | 142.51 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | 142.48 | |
| Lat N | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | − 38.40 | |
| First Argos location | Date | 25 May | 24 May | 13 May | 19 Sept | 9 May | 16 May | 6 May | 16 June | 27 June | 1 June | 9 May | |
| Long E | 154.72 | 152.99 | 144.26 | 162.08 | 145.94 | 146.23 | 145.60 | 149.80 | 153.38 | 149.63 | 148.25 | ||
| Lat N | − 33.59 | − 36.64 | − 39.65 | − 17.06 | − 43.61 | − 38.91 | − 39.42 | − 38.64 | − 37.08 | − 42.63 | − 38.37 | ||
| Sun geolocation | Date | 12 May | 18 July | 23 May | 9 May | 13 Sept | 5 May | 9 May | 1 May | 13 June | 24 June | 1 June | 5 May |
| Long E | 154.60 | 155.20 | 153.12 | 143.57 | 162.87 | 145.32 | 149.90 | 145.64 | 149.77 | 153.45 | 150.84 | 148.02 | |
| Lat N | − 42.10 | − 22.00 | − 36.16 | − 39.63 | − 27.59 | − 45.82 | − 41.08 | − 43.65 | − 39.01 | − 36.13 | − 42.87 | − 38.66 | |
| Migration on shelf | Route direction | East | East | East | East | South | South | South | South | ||||
| End date | 27 April | 28 April | 6 May | 10 May | 19 April | 30 April | 29 April | 19 April | |||||
| Duration days | 10.2 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | |||||
| Distance km | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | |||||
| km/day | 47.2 | 42.6 | 39.2 | 33.5 | 80.0 | 27.6 | 35.9 | 51.2 | |||||
| Diel vertical migration | Long E (start of DVM) | 148.5 | 149.0 | 153.0 | 149.5 | 145.5 | 144.5 | 147.0 | 143.0 | ||||
| Start date | 27 April | 28 April | 6 May | 10 May | 19 April | 30 April | 29 April | 19 April | |||||
| End date | 9 May | 17 July | 22 May | 14 Sept | 6 May | 14 June | 25 June | 1 June | |||||
| Duration days | 11.6 | 79.6 | 15.9 | 126.6 | 17.0 | 44.8 | 56.4 | 103.6 | |||||
| Distance km | 580 | 2120 | 530 | 1840 | 690 | 1330 | 1710 | 980 | |||||
| km/day | 49.8 | 26.6 | 33.2 | 14.5 | 40.6 | 29.7 | 30.3 | 9.5 | |||||
| Sun to first Argos location | Duration days | 12.7 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 4.2 | |
| Distance km | 947 | 55 | 59 | 1153 | 251 | 399 | 471 | 41 | 106 | 102 | 38 | ||
| Speed km/day | 74.3 | 37.8 | 15.4 | 184.9 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 97.8 | 12.4 | 38.0 | na | 9.1 | ||
| Ending | Dives from surface | Whale predation | Abrupt end | Predation | Dives from surface | Whale predation | Predation | Dives from surface | Abrupt end | Abrupt end | Too deep | Predation |
na Not applicable.