Seasonal migrations of North Atlantic minke whales: novel insights from large-scale passive acoustic monitoring networks

Table 2 Summary of recording sites, geographic locations, depth, available recording days, duty cycle (recording period/time period), sample rate and recorder type

Site	Location	Depth (m)	Recording period (n days)	Duty cycle (min)	Sample rate (kHz)	Recorder type
Davis Strait (A)	67.24/-58.8	350	10/23/06–10/05/07 (348)	Cont.	2	HARU ¹
SW Iceland (B)	58.0/-26.0	800	05/16/07–07/25/08 (437)	Cont.	2	HARU¹
Gulf of St. Lawrence (1)	50.25/-64.22	25	06/23/10–09/13/10 (83)	Cont.	2	MARU²
Roseway Basin (2)	42.97/-65.06	145	07/02/04–08/17/05 (412)	Cont.	2	HARU¹
Emerald Basin (3)	43.34/-63.16	153	07/02/04–10/13/05 (469)	Cont.	2	HARU¹
Stellwagen Bank (4)	42.45/-70.31	71	12/18/08–03/19/10 (457)	Cont.	2	MARU²
New York (5)	40.05/-71.82	90	02/29–05/15/08; 08/29–03/05/09 (266)	Cont.	2	MARU²
Azores (C)	38.54/-29.04	190	04/10–09/17/10; 09/29/10–5/19/11(424)	1.5/30	50	EAR ³
Cape Espartel East (D)	35.87/-6.20	340	10/28/08–01/30/09 (95)	5/10	2	EAR ³
Strait of Gibraltar West (E)	36.03/-5.42	100	10/28/08–01/30/09 (95)	5/10	2	EAR ³
Onslow Bay (6)	33.68/-76.48	335	04/24–08/09/09; 11/08/09–04/20/10 (271)	5/10	200	HARP⁴
Savannah (F)	31.83/-80.70	17	11/18/09–03/16/10 (119)	Cont.	2	MARU ²
Jacksonville 1 (7)	30.27/-80.06	91	02/22–07/30/10; 08/26/10–01/25/11 (312)	5/10	200	HARP⁴
Jacksonville 2 (8)	30.28/-80.06	305	09/13–10/08/09; 12/03/09–01/07/10 (62)	Cont.	2	MARU²
Jacksonville 3 (9)	30.34/-81.21	17	11/19/09–06/04/10 (197)	Cont.	2	MARU²
Saba Bank (10)	17.51/-63.19	30	10/27/11–04/28/12 (185)	30/120	16	MARU²

Sites at which no minke whale pulse train detections were made are in italics. See the following references for details about recorder electronics and sensitivities: (1) HARU phones: [90]; (2) Marine Autonomous Recording Unit (MARU): [91]; (3) Ecological Acoustic Recorder (EAR): [92]; (4) High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) [93].

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