Table 2 Track details for tagged adult female short-finned eels from south-western Victoria in 2019.

From: First tracking of the oceanic spawning migrations of Australasian short-finned eels (Anguilla australis)

  

179352

179353

179354

179357

179358

179359

179360

179361

179363

179364

179385

179386

Scheduled pop-up time

days

180

180

180

180

180

210

210

210

210

210

240

240

Actual pop-up time

days

38

NA

30

17

146

22

22

12

51

62

45

15

Total track

km

1060

2620

1010

120

2320

810

700

640

1450

1830

1100

485

Max depth

m

1016

1120

1020

107

1020

905

75

97

1055

1065

1280

72

Min temp

°C

6.0

4.7

6.9

15.0

4.4

6.6

16.4

16.0

6.1

4.4

4.2

16.5

Max temp

°C

22.5

37.1

20.6

26.2

26.4

37.1

26.7

17.1

17.1

19.9

15.9

26.7

Release

Date

17 April

17 April

24 April

26 April

26 April

17 April

24 April

24 April

26 April

26 April

17 April

24 April

Long E

142.51

142.51

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

142.48

Lat N

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

− 38.40

First Argos ___location

Date

25 May

 

24 May

13 May

19 Sept

9 May

16 May

6 May

16 June

27 June

1 June

9 May

Long E

154.72

 

152.99

144.26

162.08

145.94

146.23

145.60

149.80

153.38

149.63

148.25

Lat N

− 33.59

 

− 36.64

− 39.65

− 17.06

− 43.61

− 38.91

− 39.42

− 38.64

− 37.08

− 42.63

− 38.37

Sun geolocation

Date

12 May

18 July

23 May

9 May

13 Sept

5 May

9 May

1 May

13 June

24 June

1 June

5 May

Long E

154.60

155.20

153.12

143.57

162.87

145.32

149.90

145.64

149.77

153.45

150.84

148.02

Lat N

− 42.10

− 22.00

− 36.16

− 39.63

− 27.59

− 45.82

− 41.08

− 43.65

− 39.01

− 36.13

− 42.87

− 38.66

Migration on shelf

Route direction

East

East

East

 

East

South

  

South

South

South

 

End date

27 April

28 April

6 May

 

10 May

19 April

  

30 April

29 April

19 April

 

Duration days

10.2

11.3

12.2

 

14.3

1.5

  

4.4

3.3

2.3

 

Distance km

480

480

480

 

480

120

  

120

120

120

 

km/day

47.2

42.6

39.2

 

33.5

80.0

  

27.6

35.9

51.2

 

Diel vertical migration

Long E (start of DVM)

148.5

149.0

153.0

 

149.5

145.5

  

144.5

147.0

143.0

 

Start date

27 April

28 April

6 May

 

10 May

19 April

  

30 April

29 April

19 April

 

End date

9 May

17 July

22 May

 

14 Sept

6 May

  

14 June

25 June

1 June

 

Duration days

11.6

79.6

15.9

 

126.6

17.0

  

44.8

56.4

103.6

 

Distance km

580

2120

530

 

1840

690

  

1330

1710

980

 

km/day

49.8

26.6

33.2

 

14.5

40.6

  

29.7

30.3

9.5

 

Sun to first Argos ___location

Duration days

12.7

 

1.5

3.8

6.4

4.2

6.8

4.8

3.3

2.8

0.1

4.2

Distance km

947

 

55

59

1153

251

399

471

41

106

102

38

Speed km/day

74.3

 

37.8

15.4

184.9

59.7

58.6

97.8

12.4

38.0

na

9.1

Ending

 

Dives from surface

Whale predation

Abrupt end

Predation

Dives from surface

Whale predation

Predation

Dives from surface

Abrupt end

Abrupt end

Too deep

Predation

  1. na Not applicable.