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Table 1 Details of tracking device deployment for collecting Herring Gull movement data used in this study

From: Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America

Breeding Population

Deployment Location

Years of Tracking

Type of Device

n

Size

Duty Cycle

Attachment Method

Capture Method

Eastern Arctic

Southampton Island, Nunavut

2008, 2013–2015

Doppler PTT

8

18 g

10 h on, 24 h off

Leg loop harness [28]

Drop Trap [29]

Newfoundland

Witless Bay, Within 75 km of Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts; Witless Bay, NL

2009–2013

2015–2016

Doppler PTT, GPS PTT

9

11-30 g

8 h on, 18 h off; 6 locations per day

Chest harness [31]

Leg loop harness

Net Launcher [28]

Bow-net

[29]

Great Lakes

Double Island, Lake Huron; Agawa Rocks, Lake Superior; Within 75 km of Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts

1999–2001, 2008–2009

Doppler PTT

8

20-30 g

8 h on, 72 h off

Chest harness

Drop Trap

Sable Island

Sable Island, NS

2012–2016

GPS PTT

8

22 g

8 locations per day

Leg loop harness

Bow-net

Bay of Fundy

Kent Island, NB; Brier Island, NS

2009–2010, 2014–2015

Doppler PTT, GPS logger

10

17-18 g

6 locations per day

Leg loop harness

Drop Trap