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Table 2 Calculated home range size (km2) for each tarpon based on 50% and 95% Kernel utilization distribution (KUD) and 100% minimum convex polygon (MCP); number of center of activity (COA) points that fell on land and total percentage of COA points on land removed out of total COA points used for home range analyses

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

Fish ID

Total COA points

MCP 100% area (km2)

KUD 95% area (km2)

KUD 50% area (km2)

COA points on land

Percentage of COA points removed

2966

19,367

1.174

0.988

0.200

123

0.64

10979

11,888

1.055

0.619

0.075

163

1.37

10980

10,425

0.864

0.492

0.090

166

1.59

36032

887

0.767a

0.938

0.149

7

0.79

  1. aIn this case 100% MCP is smaller than 95% KUD based on how they are calculated (see “Materials and methods”)