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Table 1 Details of the 15 humpback whales tagged off Reunion in 2013, including the number of received locations and number of positions remaining after filtering, tracking time in Reunion, with [*] corresponding to time estimated from both satellite tracking and photographic recaptures, in La Perouse seamount and in Madagascar and overall distance travelled (computed from model-derived position for whales tracked more than 3 days)

From: Continuous movement behavior of humpback whales during the breeding season in the southwest Indian Ocean: on the road again!

Tag#

sex

Behav. Class

Date of first location

Date of last location

Nb of received positions (after filtering)

Tag duration (days)

Last location

Time in Reunion [*] (days)

Time in La Perouse (days)

Time in Madagascar (days)

Distance travelled (km)

120950

M

PE

31/07/2013 09:11

24/08/2013 03:03

234 (194)

23.7

Reunion

23.7 [32]

-

-

625.9

120946

F

MC

02/08/2013 16:56

04/08/2013 19:56

23 (19)

2.1

Reunion

2.1 [12]

-

-

 

88719

F

MC

04/08/2013 10:08

06/08/2013 04:08

33 (31)

1.8

Reunion

1.8 [4]

-

-

 

112698

F

MC

11/08/2013 17:30

23/08/2013 17:30

150 (98)

12.0

Reunion

12.0 [36]

-

-

281.0

112696

F

MC

15/08/2013 16:56

17/08/2013 01:56

7 (7)

1.4

Reunion

1.4

-

-

 

112697

F

MC

16/08/2013 04:54

07/09/2013 15:12

471 (410)

22.4

Reunion

22.4 [52]

-

-

738.3

88721

M

Pair

05/08/2013 06:18

23/08/2013 06:18

241 (237)

18.0

La Perouse Seamount

0.5

17.5

-

790.9

112700

M

Trio

10/08/2013 04:25

05/09/2013 07:25

293 (271)

26.1

St Brandon’s Shoal

3.25 [7]

-

-

2467.5

87776

M

Esc

01/08/2013 16:48

06/09/2013 16:48

363 (299)

36.0

Madagascar

16.0 [18]

12.2

2.7

1956.0

87780

F

MC

06/08/2013 05:07

16/10/2013 08:07

1142 (1127)

71.1

Madagascar

0.5 [5]

-

63.7

5550.0

120948

M

Esc

09/08/2013 14:30

24/09/2013 17:30

628 (611)

46.1

Madagascar

3.5

1.0

36.7

3184.6

88724

M

PE

09/08/2013 04:41

29/08/2013 22:41

324 (312)

20.8

Madagascar

2.75

-

13.5

1774.7

112730

M

SE

09/08/2013 05:46

16/09/2013 20:46

567 (555)

38.5

Madagascar

1.0

-

34.0

3095.1

112719

F

MC

14/08/2013 15:11

13/09/2013 13:03

476 (390)

29.8

Madagascar

11.5

-

14.0

3023.6

112726

M

Pair

15/08/2013 03:34

17/09/2013 02:05

273 (260)

32.9

Madagascar

0.1 [8]

-

21.4

2022.0

  1. Behavior Class: one of two individuals in a pair (Pair), one of two individuals in a trio (Trio), Principal and Secondary Escort in a competitive group (PE and SE), MC (mother with calf of the year), Escort to a mother (Esc). [*]: time estimated from both satellite tracking and photographic recaptures