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Table 2 The summary of the fate of tags attached to eels in each catchment

From: Regional differences in oceanic migratory behavior of Japanese silver eel in waters with different vertical temperature gradients

Region

Total

Transmit

Duration (days)

GCD (km)

Azimuth (deg.)

Movement speed (km day\(^{-1}\))

Tokai

10

7

26 (2–55)

185 (42–322)

105 (85–136)

18.1 (0.9–61.5)

Sea of Japan

6

6

18 (2–59)

134 (8–382)

162 (19–309)

8.8 (1.5–21.2)

Tohoku

7

2

6.5 (6–7)

143 (60–225)

222 (194–250)

23.0 (8.6–37.5)

Total

23

15

21 (2–59)

161 (8–382)

143 (19–309)

15.0 (0.9–61.5)

  1. GCD: great circle distance. Duration, GCD, Azimuth, and moving speed are represented as means. The minimum and maximum range is given in parentheses