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Table 5 Details on localized behavior (time and %) and on number (n) and mean duration of the localized bouts, mean distance travelled per bouts and number of geographic areas where bouts occurred (Reu: Reunion, SB: St Brandon Shoals, LP: La Perouse Seamount, EastM/SthM/NthM: East/South/North Madgascar), for whales tracked for 12 days or more

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

Tag#

Sex

Time in localized behavior (hours)

% of positions in localized behavior

n bouts

Mean bout duration (hr)

(se)

Mean bout length (km)

(se)

n of areas

112697

F

486

98.8

1

486

683

1 (Reu)

112698

F

288

98.0

1

294

281

1 (Reu)

120950

M

270

62.5

3

90 (29.6)

161 (68.9)

1 (Reu)

112700

M

108

17.1

4

27 (21.0)

62 (31.4)

2 (Reu, SB)

112719

F

144

22.4

4

36 (12.7)

115 (31.7)

2 (Reu, EastM)

112726

M

108

19.8

2

57 (27.0)

108 (81.4)

1 (SthM)

112730

M

462

49.7

5

92 (44.4)

234 (102.9)

3 (Reu, EastM, SthM)

120948

M

372

33.5

3

124 (24.6)

256 (77.6)

2 (Reu, EastM)

87776

M

654

75.2

3

218 (108.0)

352 (175.6)

3 (Reu, LP, EastM)

87780

F

126

7.4

4

31 (19.6)

55 (34.5)

2 (EastM, SthM

88721

M

384

87.7

2

192 (180.0)

287 (209.3)

2 (Reu, LP)

88724

M

90

17.9

2

45 (9)

94 (38)

2 (Reu, NthM)