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Table 2 Monthly MSSI values for each track (mean ± standard deviation), where MSSI ≥ 0.6 indicates transiting behavior and MSSI ≤ 0.4 indicates ARS

From: Behavior of satellite-tracked Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in relation to environmental factors around the western Antarctic Peninsula

 

Whale 1

Whale 2

Whale 3

Total track

0.40 ± 0.23

0.72 ± 0.26

0.44 ± 0.37

February

0.18 ± 0.14

0.55 ± 0.34

0.15 ± 0.06

March

0.46 ± 0.24

0.65 ± 0.19

0.18 ± 0.12

April

0.42 ± 0.18

0.73 ± 0.22

0.13 ± 0.13

May

0.49 ± 0.20

0.97 ± 0.03

0.26 ± 0.13

June

–

–

0.86 ± 0.16

July

–

–

0.94 ± 0.05

August

–

–

0.97 ± 0.01

  1. The tags on the first two whales discontinued transmission in May, whereas the third whale’s tag remained transmitting until August
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Animal Biotelemetry

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