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Table 3 Statistical summary of vertical movements

From: Dolphinfish movements in the Eastern Pacific Ocean of Mexico using conventional and electronic tags

Fish ID

Number of full days

Median depth (m)

Maximum depth (m)

Interquartile depth range (m)

Day

Night

Day

Night

Day

Night

WBC

139

1 [0.5, 2.4]

1 [0.5, 4.5]

45.5 [23, 79.8]

37 [5.5, 65.4]

0.5 [0.5, 5.8]

0.5 [0.5, 20.4]

62142

27

5.5 [3, 19.4]

1 [1, 3.4]

39.5 [32, 80.3]

12 [5.625, 67.1]

8 [4.6, 20]

0.5 [0.5, 14.4]

62143

24

1 [0.5, 2.5]

2.625 [0.5, 42]

85 [75.8, 92.5]

64.5 [4.5, 78]

6.3 [0.3, 54.3]

18.9 [0.3, 38]

62145

3

2 [2, 2.4]

31 [8.5, 32.5]

91 [78.6, 104.9]

77 [64.6, 91.6]

2.5 [1.8, 2.9]

13.5 [6.8, 16.7]

62147

12

1 [0.5, 1.5]

1 [0.5, 4]

57 [34, 74.3]

39 [3.8, 51.8]

0.5 [0.5, 2.3]

0.5 [0.5, 15.4]

62148

8

1.5 [1.5, 1.5]

1.5 [1.5, 1.5]

32.3 [11, 42.8]

9 [3.3, 57.3]

0.5 [0.5, 1]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

111522

17

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

3.5 [1.4, 7.9]

23 [18.8, 39]

56.5 [39.8, 70]

0 [0, 0.5]

21.5 [7.2, 36.8]

111524

7

1 [1, 1.4]

1 [0.6, 1]

40.5 [29.4, 84.1]

38.5 [6.9, 47.9]

1 [0.5, 1.5]

0.5 [0.5, 8.8]

111525

17

0.5 [0.5, 0.6]

0.5 [0.5, 1]

51.5 [42.3, 82]

28 [2, 36.5]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

0.5 [0.5, 1.0]

111532

7

1.5 [1, 2.3]

12.8 [1.1, 21.8]

43 [29.1, 59.5]

66 [25.9, 73]

0.5 [0.5, 4.1]

20.5 [0.5, 31.8]

111533

7

1 [0.5, 1]

1 [0.5, 1]

51 [38.5, 56.9]

28.5 [28.5, 38.1]

1.5 [0.6, 2.4]

1 [0.6, 9.3]

111534

6

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

0.75 [0.5, 1]

1.3 [1, 17.5]

1.5 [1, 39]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

132984

4

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

1 [1, 1]

1 [1, 27.8]

0 [0, 0]

0 [0, 0.5]

OAX

164

1 [0.5, 15.5]

3 [0.5, 17.9]

29.5 [11.3, 38.5]

33.5 [23, 40]

3 [0.5, 10.9]

9.3 [0.5, 16.2]

111528

10

1 [0.5, 8.5]

1 [1, 5.5]

1.3 [1, 38.5]

1.25 [1, 34.5]

0.5 [0.5, 15]

0.5 [0, 9.5]

111530

4

0.5 [0.5, 7.5]

9 [0.5, 20.8]

12 [1, 27]

17.25 [1, 45.5]

6 [0, 14]

4.8 [0, 17.3]

111531

6

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

0.75 [0.5, 1]

1 [1, 1]

1.25 [0.5, 45]

0 [0, 0]

0.5 [0, 3.9]

111535

11

0.5 [0.5, 1]

1 [0.5, 1]

1.5 [1, 1.5]

1.5 [1.5, 1.5]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

0.5 [0.5, 0.5]

128931

38

24 [9, 27]

20 [16, 24]

36.8 [33.5, 42]

34.5 [29, 40]

6.8 [4.5, 12]

10.8 [7, 16.8]

128932

29

1 [0.7, 15.5]

1 [1, 4.4]

31 [24, 37]

32 [26, 36.5]

3.4 [0.5, 9.9]

13.5 [0.7, 17.1]

128934

32

0.5 [0.5, 0.75]

0.75 [0.5, 10]

28.3 [15.5, 37.8]

28.75 [21.5, 38.5]

0.5 [0, 8.3]

9.2 [0, 16.3]

128936

34

0.5 [0.5, 10.5]

2.25 [0.5, 15.5]

26.5 [21.5, 36]

37 [31, 45.5]

4.1 [0, 14.9]

11.1 [0, 17.5]

  1. Fish with statistically different (p < 0.05, Wilcoxon sign-rank test) vertical distributions between day and night are in italic