Fine-scale foraging movements by fish-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) relate to the vertical distributions and escape responses of salmonid prey (Oncorhynchus spp.)

Wright, Brianna M.; Ford, John K. B.; Ellis, Graeme M.; Deecke, Volker B.; Shapiro, Ari Daniel; Battaile, Brian C.; Trites, Andrew W.

doi:10.1186/s40462-017-0094-0

Movement Ecology

Table 1 Deployments (N = 34) of digital archival tags (Dtags) on 32 northern resident killer whales in British Columbia (2009–2012)

From: Fine-scale foraging movements by fish-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) relate to the vertical distributions and escape responses of salmonid prey (Oncorhynchus spp.)

Tag ID	Deployment date(dd/mm/yyyy)	Deployment location	Whale ID	Sex	Age (y)	Deployment duration (h)	# dives analyzed
oo09_231a	19/08/2009	50° 46.500 N 127° 24.066 W	G52	F	16	7.41	542
oo09_234a	22/08/2009	50° 56.870 N 127° 47.920 W	A46	M	27	3.92	342
oo09_235a	23/08/2009	50° 49.758 N 127° 43.463 W	A72	F	10	5.22	486
oo09_236a	24/08/2009	50° 51.032 N 127° 31.560 W	I45	M	24	2.37	151
oo09_237a	25/08/2009	50° 47.670 N 127° 31.891 W	I57?	F	20	0.07	0
oo09_237b	25/08/2009	50° 48.336 N 127° 36.855 W	I71	F	16	0.28	0
oo09_237c	25/08/2009	50° 49.336 N 127° 41.669 W	I83	F	12	1.15	93
oo09_237d	25/08/2009	50° 56.672 N 128° 02.190 W	I53	M	23	3.28	314
oo09_238a	26/08/2009	50° 51.117 N 127° 49.327 W	I111	?	3	11.64	1123
oo09_239a	27/08/2009	50° 49.516 N 127° 42.441 W	A66	M	13	2.15	145
oo09_240a	28/08/2009	50° 56.073 N 127° 41.825 W	A37	M	32	3.63	353
oo09_243a	31/08/2009	50° 53.767 N 127° 39.881 W	I39	M	29	3.11	233
oo09_244a	01/09/2009	51° 00.065 N 127° 49.085 W	R25	M	22	4.24	299
oo09_245a	02/09/2009	50° 47.268 N 127° 32.671 W	I46	M	24	5.89	483
oo09_245b	02/09/2009	50° 46.975 N 127° 15.357 W	I62	M	21	1.52	109
oo09_247a	04/09/2009	50° 30.813 N 126° 23.110 W	A62	F	15	1.27	157
oo10_256a	13/09/2010	50° 57.047 N 127° 44.552 W	G64	F	10	7.59	828
oo10_260a	17/09/2010	50° 53.982 N 127° 38.038 W	A75	F	8	6.97	604
oo10_261a	18/09/2010	50° 54.141 N 127° 38.604 W	A38	M	39	3.22	291
oo10_264a	21/09/2010	51° 03.696 N 127° 58.168 W	G39	M	24	1.60	116
oo10_265a	22/09/2010	50° 51.936 N 127° 33.151 W	G49	F	20	2.92	299
oo11_224a	12/08/2011	51° 51.844 N 128° 15.430 W	R40	F	10	2.12	215
oo11_224b	12/08/2011	51° 23.548 N 128° 08.301 W	G32	M	29	0.34	12
oo11_240a	28/08/2011	50° 57.018 N 127° 43.853 W	I104	F	9	3.95	361
oo11_244a	01/09/2011	50° 55.329 N 127° 42.107 W	C14	M	26	2.84	175
oo11_244b	01/09/2011	51° 00.448 N 127° 58.949 W	C24	M	11	1.15	82
oo11_245a	02/09/2011	50° 47.917 N 127° 35.362 W	I43	M	28	11.80	856
oo11_246a	03/09/2011	50° 48.852 N 127° 39.618 W	G31	F	30	3.81	466
oo11_248a	05/09/2011	50° 49.609 N 127° 42.700 W	A83	?	6	0.48	21
oo11_248b	05/09/2011	50° 50.738 N 127° 46.718 W	A80	M	7	2.97	298
oo11_267a	24/09/2011	50° 40.754 N 127° 03.117 W	A34	F	36	7.19	620
oo12_232a	19/08/2012	51° 01.358 N 127° 41.391 W	I106	?	8	5.78	751
oo12_235a	22/08/2012	50° 55.672 N 127° 42.149 W	A83	?	7	0.07	0
oo12_235b	22/08/2012	50° 49.325 N 127° 28.907 W	A66	M	16	4.51	494

Tag IDs reflect the year (e.g., 09) and Julian day (e.g., 231) of tag deployment. Whale IDs, ages and sexes are from published photographic identification catalogues of northern resident killer whales [35, 37]

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