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Table 1 Deployment information for 11 migratory seasons (October–May) spanning 2009–2021 including season, sampling rate (Hz), duty cycle (min/h), deployment date (mm/dd/yy format), recovery date, data recording start, data recording end, total acoustic data per deployment (h), water depth (m), and recorder depth (m)

From: Sea ice directs changes in bowhead whale phenology through the Bering Strait

Migratory season

Sample rate (Hz)

Duty cycle (min/h)

Deploy date

Recover date

Data start

Data end

Data (h)

Recorder depth (m)

2009–2010

16,384

12

08/26/09

08/02/10

09/01/09

03/03/10

882

49

2010–2011

16,384

15

08/03/10

07/14/11

08/01/10

02/19/11

1157.5

49

2011–2012

8192

10

07/14/11

07/13/12

10/01/11

05/25/12

956

52

2012–2013

16,384

10

07/13/12

07/04/13

09/01/12

05/17/13

1035

53

2013–2014

8192

20

07/05/13

07/02/14

07/05/13

07/02/14

2822.7

52

2014–2015

8192

20

07/02/14

07/02/15

07/10/14

07/03/15

2840.7

53

2015–2016

8192

22

07/02/15

07/08/16

07/03/15

07/11/16

3294.2

52.5

2017–2018

16,384

18

07/08/17

07/14/17

07/14/17

07/25/18

2710.8

48

2018–2019

16,384

25

08/11/18

09/07/19

08/15/18

04/11/19

1591.7

49

2019–2020

16,384

25

09/07/19

07/09/21

09/10/19

08/31/20

3604.2

49

2020–2021

16,384

25

09/10/20

07/09/21

09/07/20

07/14/21

3108.3

51

  1. All mooring deployment locations were at ~ 66.33° N, 168.5° W