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Table 1 Summary of SPOT-tag data for 10 blue sharks in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

From: Estimation of mean movement rates for blue sharks in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Shark no.

Sex

Precaudal length (cm)

Date tagged

Location tagged

Data period (days)

Location of last transmission

Total horizontal distances (km)

Mean observed movement rates (km/h)a

SD of mean observed movement rates

Mean estimated movement rates (km/h)

SD of mean estimated movement rates

1

Male

188.0

2019.5.26

38° 07ʹ N 146° 57ʹ E

24

29° 95ʹ N 144° 44ʹ E

1,013

1.71

0.62

1.59

0.24

2

Male

175.5

2019.5.27

38° 07ʹ N 146° 64ʹ E

59

37° 91ʹ N 156° 59ʹ E

2,253

1.91

1.14

1.85

0.38

3

Female

162.1

2019.5.26

38° 16ʹ N 146° 49ʹ E

243

26° 43ʹ N 131° 63ʹ E

7,578

1.62

0.78

1.62

0.37

4

Male

NA

2019.5.26

38° 17ʹ N 146° 48ʹ E

200

36° 77ʹ N 150° 49ʹ E

4,627

1.34

0.84

1.39

0.29

5

Male

165.4

2019.5.26

38° 16ʹ N 146° 49ʹ E

203

32° 11ʹ N 140° 19ʹ E

6,600

1.88

1.13

1.66

0.43

6

Male

188.0

2019.5.27

38° 07ʹ N 146° 52ʹ E

134

36° 78ʹ N 163° 51ʹ E

3,689

1.65

0.88

1.64

0.39

7

Female

159.4

2019.5.29

38° 28ʹ N 145° 45ʹ E

155

25° 73ʹ N 136° 52ʹ E

5,977

1.70

0.81

1.73

0.34

8

Female

164.7

2019.5.28

38° 32ʹ N 146° 51ʹ E

142

25° 38ʹ N 135° 76ʹ E

3,768

1.18

0.77

1.30

0.26

9

Male

150.4

2019.5.27

38° 26ʹ N 146° 42ʹ E

111

39° 85ʹ N 146° 55ʹ E

3,106

1.45

0.84

1.50

0.28

10

Male

173.0

2019.5.28

38° 25ʹ N 145° 41ʹ E

151

37° 64ʹ N 148° 48ʹ E

4,328

1.77

0.97

1.75

0.34

  1. aObserved movement rates were calculated based on the data after filtering