Figure 5
Average daily near-surface (0–25 m) water temperatures recorded by PSAT tags deployed on swordfish, by 12-h most-likely geolocations. Grey indicates day periods with missing temperature data. Circles indicate 12-h periods where the horizontal behavior model estimated the individual was lingering (state 2). Dotted lines indicate the boundaries of the Coral and Tasman Seas (top and bottom respectively). A shift from equatorward transit to lingering behavior in the Coral Sea was observed once near-surface water temperatures of 23–27 °C were encountered (i.e., potential spawning habitat). Generated in R 4.2.167.
