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Fig. 2 | Animal Biotelemetry

Fig. 2

From: Performance of a low-cost, solar-powered pop-up satellite archival tag for assessing post-release mortality of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught in the US east coast light-tackle recreational fishery

Fig. 2

Daily summary data for voltage (a), temperature (b), and daily maximum ΔT min−1 (c) for a SeaTag-LOT deployed on Fish #10 (193 cm CFL) on 3/1/2016, which was shed after 95 days (indicated by the vertical dashed line) following failed pop-off after 30 days. Solar capacitor voltage is near the maximum voltage of 3.6 V (horizontal dashed line) throughout deployment and is similar to voltage after shedding, indicating that the fish was spending sufficient time near the surface to keep the tag fully charged. The broad temperature range exhibited by the fish throughout the deployment indicates extensive vertical movement in the water column, which becomes much more compressed after tag shedding. Daily maximum ΔT min−1 is generally maintained above the pop-off threshold of 0.2 °C while the tag is on the fish, with the exception of five consecutive days in April, and decreases to below the threshold once the tag is shed and is floating at the surface

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