Summary information from satellite tag deployments on Rhincodon typus in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea.

Platform terminal transmitter (PTT) number for each tag is shown along with the model of each tag. All tags were manufactured by Wildlife Computers, Inc. (WA, USA). Tag Date = date of tag deployment; Tag Lat/Long = GPS coordinates of tag deployment; Est. Length = the total length (m) of the individual tagged estimated by snorkelers in-situ; Sex = male (M) or female (F) where determination was possible by visual observation of presence or absence of claspers between the pelvic fins, no entry indicates that sex could not be confidently determined; Pop-off Date = date of tag detachment from shark; Pop Lat/Long = GPS coordinates of tag detachment location; Deploy Duration = number of days between tag deployment and detachment; Max Depth = the deepest depth (m) reported by the tag during the deployment; Track Distance = shortest straight-line distance from tag deployment to detachment location (or from tag deployment to final location for SPOT5 tags) without crossing land; Fig. 3 = the corresponding panel of Figure 3 in which a given shark’s track is plotted; Geolocation Methods = methods used to reconstruct most likely track for each tagged animal: A = Argos location, B = bathymetric correction, F = Fastloc GPS, R = shark resighted, T = Trackit model.

每枚标记的平台终端发射机 (Platform Terminal Transmitter，PTT) 编号与该标记的型号一并列出。所有标记均由美国华盛顿州的Wildlife Computers, Inc.制造。标记部署日期 (Tag Date)：标记投放的日期；标记投放点经纬度 (Tag Lat/Long)：标记投放位置的GPS坐标；估计体长 (Est. Length)：由现场浮潜人员估算的受标记个体的总长度，单位为米；性别 (Sex)：通过肉眼观察腹鳍间是否存在交合突以判定个体性别，可为雄性 (M) 或雌性 (F)；若未填写该字段，则表示无法准确判定性别；标记脱落日期 (Pop-off Date)：标记从鲨鱼身上脱落的日期；标记脱落点经纬度 (Pop Lat/Long)：标记脱落位置的GPS坐标；部署时长 (Deploy Duration)：标记投放至脱落之间的天数；最大深度 (Max Depth)：标记在部署期间记录到的最深深度，单位为米；追踪距离 (Track Distance)：从标记投放点到脱落点的最短直线距离（对于SPOT5标记，则为投放点至最终位置的最短直线距离），且不跨越陆地；图3对应面板 (Fig. 3)：绘制有对应鲨鱼追踪轨迹的图3子图；地理定位方法 (Geolocation Methods)：用于重建每只受标记动物最可能追踪轨迹的方法，各代码对应如下：A=阿尔戈斯定位，B=水深校正，F=Fastloc GPS定位，R=鲨鱼重观测定位，T=Trackit模型。