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Table 1 Summary data for Atlantic tarpon (M. atlanticus) caught and tracked in Brewers Bay acoustic array, including date caught (mm/dd/yyyy), total length (TL), fork length (FL), total number of detections and total residency time detected in Brewers Bay

From: Movement patterns of juvenile Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) in Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Fish ID

Tag date

TL (cm)

FL (cm)

Total detections

First day detected

Last day detected

Days between first and last detection

Total days detected

Residency index (%)

36032a

9/17/2015

109

95

12231

9/17/2015

10/19/2015

32

28

88

10980Pa

6/17/2016

96

80

54564

6/18/2016

5/28/2017

344

330

96

10979Pa

6/26/2016

112

95

106564

6/26/2016

7/1/2017

370

287

78

2966Pa

10/25/2016

96

85

395606

10/26/2016

2/10/2018

472

464

99

36034c

10/16/2015

90

78

326110

10/16/2015

7/11/2016

269

271

n/a

36036c

10/21/2015

130

91.2

2017

10/22/2015

1/25/2016

95

74

n/a

59272b

1/12/2016

86.4

76.1

10

1/12/2016

1/13/2016

1

1

n/a

36044b

5/24/2016

70

61

5

5/24/2016

5/24/2016

1

1

n/a

36045b

6/1/2016

130

91.2

14

6/1/2016

6/1/2016

1

1

n/a

2965Pb

8/8/2016

96

85

70

8/9/2016

8/9/2016

1

1

n/a

2964Pb

8/14/2016

100

80

11

8/14/2016

8/14/2016

1

1

n/a

36039b

8/16/2016

100

94

10

8/16/2016

8/16/2016

1

1

n/a

2963Pb

9/15/2016

92

77

660

9/16/2016

9/17/2016

2

2

n/a

24976b

10/29/2016

96

83

212

11/8/2016

11/8/2016

1

1

n/a

  1. P acoustic pressure transmitter measured depth, n/a not applicable
  2. aFish used for Brewers Bay spatial analyses
  3. bTransient fish not used in spatial analyses
  4. cFish died or shed tag