Table 1 Range of test tag distances and observed environmental conditions during acoustic range test sessions in Wellfleet Harbor, and observed environmental conditions throughout the full year of 2016 within the harbor

Tag distance (meters)

50–1628

760

795

388

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Transmission interval (seconds)

90–115

101

100

8

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Wind speed (meters/second)

0.00–17.35

6.04

6.17

2.12

0–23.52

6.09

5.45

3.71

Wave height (meters)

0.08–0.83

0.38

0.36

0.10

0.04–3.60

0.53

0.39

0.43

Wind direction (°)

2–357

192

199

71

0–360

192

212

101

Dissolved oxygen (milligrams/liter)

5.61–10.36

7.21

7.12

0.72

0.84–13.31

8.07

8.08

1.87

Turbidity (nephelometric turbidity units)

0.01–45.24

5.55

2.39

7.04

0.00–125.87

7.64

2.68

12.36

Water temperature (°Celsius)

11.43–23.97

21.00

21.28

1.78

1.00–30.38

16.55

16.79

7.13

Receiver water depth (mean low water, meters)

0.62–11.29

3.21

3.23

1.39

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Salinity (parts per thousand)

29.24–31.99

30.74

30.77

0.41

24.47–32.58

30.08

30.44

1.39

Wave direction (°)

0–359

211

216

86

0–359

208

239

125

Chlorophyll (micrograms/liter)

0.07–30.27

7.77

6.99

4.24

0.00–59.39

9.29

6.94

8.21