Table 1 Diving, breathing and lunging rates for tagged Rice's whales.

From: Kinematics and energetics of foraging behavior in Rice’s whales of the Gulf of Mexico

 

Tag on (h)

Tag off (h)

Total lunges

Total Dives > 10 m

Dives > 10 m/h (day)

Dives > 10 m/h (night)

Breaths/h (day)

Breaths/h (night)

Lunges/h (day)

Lunges/h (night)

'Milky Way'

20 Sept 2015 09:25 CDT (0)

23 Sept 2015 01:10 CDT (63.8)

133

217

4 (1–7)

2 (0–11)

35 (2–65)

26.5 (5–43)

4 (0–8)

0 (0–10)

'Edna'

3 July 2018 17:16 CDT (0)

4 July 2018 18:25 CDT (24.9)

135

137

7 (5–11)

2 (0–7)

83 (12–98)

66 (48–81)

9 (2–11)

0 (0–6)

  1. The hour of sunset was included in the night hours, while the hour of sunrise was included in daylight hours. Incomplete hours due to tag on or tag off times were discarded when calculating hourly rates. For hourly rates, values shown are median (range).