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Table 1 2020 tagged Atlantic salmon smolt characteristics and migration speed metrics for individuals detected at the COMPASS and SeaMonitor marine receivers

From: Evidence of long-distance coastal sea migration of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, smolts from northwest England (River Derwent)

Smolt tag number

Date tagged

FL (mm)

W (g)

Tag burden

Estimated distance travelled before marine detection (km)

Migration speed

Array detection

km day−1

ms−1

Body lengths/s

Days at sea

34920

2020-05-01

146

31.4

4.5

261.88

26.2

0.2876

1.9701

10

SeaMonitor

34946

2020-05-02

143

30.7

4.6

138.01

23

0.2457

1.7184

6

COMPASS

34988

2020-05-03

149

32.3

4.3

137.75

15.3

0.1616

1.0843

9

COMPASS