Table 2 Summary movement statistics for thirty satellite tracked humpback whales.
From: Humpback whale migrations to Antarctic summer foraging grounds through the southwest Pacific Ocean
|  | Number of whales tagged | Track length (days; mean ± SD) | Track distance (km; mean ± SD) | Initial migratory trajectory | Temperate search patches | Travelled south of 60 °S | Antarctic search patches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South | West (crossing the 146 °E meridian) | East (crossing the 160 °E meridian) | East coast Australia: Eden, Bass Strait and Tasmania | Tasman Sea | ||||||
AU-Eden* | 16 | 55 ± 42 | 3809 ± 2854 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
AU-SC | 5 | 57 ± 28 | 4075 ± 1500 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
ANT | 9 | 37 ± 25 | 1866 ± 1235 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 7 |
Total | 30 | 50 ± 35 | 3271 ± 2414 | 12 (57%) | 1 (5%) | 7 (33%) | 7 (33%) | 3 (14%) | 20 (67%) | 16 (53%) |
