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Table 3 Total number of messages and presumed foraging dives per tag and the proportion of each message that constituted information on presumed foraging behavior

From: Mind the gap—optimizing satellite tag settings for time series analysis of foraging dives in Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris)

Deploy ID

Total messages from behavior log

Median rows of data per message (min–max)

Total foraging dives

Median rows of data per message that are foraging dives (min–max)

Proportion of message containing data on foraging

Longest duration time series in days (no. foraging dives)

ZcTag029

163

10 (9–10)

165

1.0 (0–2)

0.10

0.90 (6)

ZcTag030

242

10 (9–10)

260

1.0 (0–3)

0.10

2.30 (22)

ZcTag038

307

9 (9–10)

327

1.0 (1–3)

0.10

9.80 (98)

ZcTag040

6

10 (10–10)

9

1.5 (1–2)

0.15

0.70 (9)

ZcTag041

197

10 (9–10)

275

1.0 (0–3)

0.10

2.90 (32)

ZcTag042

86

10 (9–10)

97

1.0 (0–3)

0.10

0.95 (12)

ZcTag046

40

10 (9–10)

58

1.0 (1–3)

0.10

0.70 (11)

ZcTag048

117

10 (9–10)

140

1.0 (0–2)

0.10

2.20 (26)

ZcTag050

13

10 (9–10)

23

2.0 (1–4)

0.20

0.20 (2)

ZcTag051

31

9 (8–10)

66

2.0 (1–4)

0.20

1.40 (15)

ZcTag054

48

8 (8–9)

193

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

17.9 (193)

ZcTag055

40

8 (8–9)

161

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

6.3 (64)

ZcTag056

130

8 (8–9)

524

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

47.5 (524)

ZcTag057

75

8 (8–9)

303

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

48.7 (303)

ZcTag058

88

8 (8–9)

352

4.0 (4–4)

0.50

39.2 (352)

ZcTag060

69

8 (8–9)

278

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

9.7 (81)

ZcTag061

112

8 (8–9)

450

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

37.6 (386)

ZcTag062

22

8 (8–8)

88

4.0 (4–4)

0.50

10.9 (88)

ZcTag063

56

8 (8–9)

227

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

5.0 (41)

ZcTag064

59

8 (8–9)

238

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

9.4 (97)

ZcTag065

38

8 (8–9)

154

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

5.9 (82)

ZcTag066

97

8 (8–9)

393

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

16.9 (172)

ZcTag067

93

8 (8–9)

379

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

10.4 (122)

ZcTag068

85

8 (8–9)

343

4.0 (4–5)

0.50

6.0 (113)

  1. Final column gives the longest duration period of continuous time series data per tag in days with the number of presumed foraging dives within this period. Tags 029–051 were deployed in 2014–2016 and tags from 054–068 were deployed in 2017