Spatiotemporal patterns in habitat use of natal and non-natal adult Atlantic sturgeon in two spawning rivers

Table 1 Difference in movement and habitat use between male and female Atlantic sturgeon in two rivers

Response variable	Delaware river		Hudson river
Response variable	Male	Female	Male	Female
Date of first detection in the river	14 May	20 May	17 May	26 May
Date of first detection in the primary spawning reach	17 May	21 May	31 May	10 June
Cumulative number of days spent in the primary spawning reach	6.4	6.1	9.4	3.8
Maximum upstream migration distance (km)	111.0	62.4	149.1	126.6
Date of outmigration	5 June	30 May	29 June	27 June
Total number of days in the river	21.4	10.4	42.2	31.9
Shannon longitudinal entropy	0.47	0.41	0.55	0.42
Number of years between consecutive detections	1.1	2.0	1.2	1.8

Within each river, the effect of sex on each parameter was explored using linear mixed effect models. Estimates appearing in italics were not significant at the level of p = 0.05

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