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Table 2 Detection efficiencies (0–1) ± standard error for various tag power outputs and depths at set distances ranging from 100 to 2400 m in Lake Ontario

From: The influence of dynamic environmental interactions on detection efficiency of acoustic transmitters in a large, deep, freshwater lake

Distance (m) Tag category
V9 50 m V9 11 m V13 50 m V16 50 m V16 11 m
100 0.87 ± 0.03 0.97 ± 0.06 0.84 ± 0.04 0.78 ± 0.04 0.85 ± 0.03
200 0.85 ± 0.02 0.91 ± 0.04 0.83 ± 0.03 0.80 ± 0.02 0.84 ± 0.03
300 0.84 ± 0.02 0.85 ± 0.03 0.82 ± 0.02 0.82 ± 0.02 0.84 ± 0.02
400 0.83 ± 0.02 0.77 ± 0.03 0.82 ± 0.02 0.84 ± 0.02 0.83 ± 0.02
500 0.83 ± 0.02 0.68 ± 0.03 0.82 ± 0.02 0.85 ± 0.02 0.82 ± 0.02
600 0.81 ± 0.02 0.59 ± 0.03 0.81 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.02 0.80 ± 0.02
700 0.78 ± 0.02 0.50 ± 0.02 0.80 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.01 0.78 ± 0.02
800 0.73 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.02 0.77 ± 0.02 0.85 ± 0.02 0.75 ± 0.02
900 0.67 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.03 0.74 ± 0.03 0.83 ± 0.02 0.72 ± 0.02
1000 0.59 ± 0.02   0.70 ± 0.03 0.81 ± 0.02 0.68 ± 0.03
1100 0.51 ± 0.02   0.65 ± 0.03 0.78 ± 0.02 0.64 ± 0.03
1200 0.44 ± 0.02   0.59 ± 0.03 0.76 ± 0.02 0.60 ± 0.03
1300 0.38 ± 0.02   0.53 ± 0.03 0.73 ± 0.02 0.56 ± 0.03
1400 0.34 ± 0.02   0.47 ± 0.03 0.70 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.03
1500 0.30 ± 0.02   0.42 ± 0.03 0.65 ± 0.02 0.48 ± 0.02
1600 0.25 ± 0.02   0.36 ± 0.03 0.58 ± 0.02 0.45 ± 0.02
1700    0.31 ± 0.02 0.50 ± 0.02 0.41 ± 0.02
1800    0.27 ± 0.02 0.42 ± 0.02 0.37 ± 0.02
1900     0.35 ± 0.02 0.33 ± 0.02
2000     0.32 ± 0.02 0.29 ± 0.02
2100     0.30 ± 0.02 0.25 ± 0.02
2200     0.30 ± 0.02  
2300     0.28 ± 0.02  
2400     0.26 ± 0.02  
  1. Detection efficiencies were estimated from GAMMs calculated for each tag category using detection data from 22 October, 2015 to 23 May, 2016
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