Subject: Data Seal Location Bran
mike williamson (williams@www1.wheelock.edu)
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:00:12 -0400 (EDT)
Mike et al,
Sorry for the interruption, however, here is the data from Bran . Latest
locations show that after heading south for several days, Bran headed back
north along the coast to nearly the area he was released. We received no
locations on the 5th, however his most recent locations show that he has
moved about fifty miles north (still close to the coast). Wenow have
enough dive data to begin to see some patterns. He is still doing mostly
shallow dives between 2 and 10 meters deep. On most of these shallow
dives, however he appears to be staying deeper than two meters. From the
bottom depth data we have it appears that he may be exploring the bottom
along the shallow coastal edge. This is a good sign (far better than if he
was spending most of his time hanging at the surface. Most of his dives so
far are between 3-4 minutes long, and his longest dives are over 14
minutes. Not bad for his first week.
Location Data:
01656 Date : 30.06.99 08:13:29 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.922N Lon1 :
5.905W
01656 Date : 30.06.99 10:37:11 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.899N Lon1 :
5.887W
01656 Date : 30.06.99 13:08:11 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 52.877N Lon1 :
5.934W
01656 Date : 30.06.99 16:26:22 LC : A IQ : 07 Lat1 : 52.780N Lon1 :
6.073W
01656 Date : 30.06.99 20:34:03 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.846N Lon1 :
6.241W
01656 Date : 30.06.99 22:08:37 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 53.019N Lon1 :
6.273W
01656 Date : 01.07.99 07:36:32 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.692N Lon1 :
6.131W
01656 Date : 01.07.99 08:03:22 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.914N Lon1 :
5.922W
01656 Date : 01.07.99 08:42:06 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.805N Lon1 :
6.216W
01656 Date : 01.07.99 19:01:34 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.852N Lon1 :
6.357W
01656 Date : 02.07.99 06:12:12 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.741N Lon1 :
6.205W
01656 Date : 02.07.99 07:12:17 LC : A IQ : 05 Lat1 : 52.719N Lon1 :
6.097W
01656 Date : 02.07.99 10:11:11 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.675N Lon1 :
5.984W
01656 Date : 02.07.99 16:04:47 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 52.730N Lon1 :
6.110W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 08:16:02 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.536N Lon1 :
5.920W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 08:31:21 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.740N Lon1 :
6.132W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 11:38:42 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.786N Lon1 :
6.161W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 13:17:55 LC : A IQ : 07 Lat1 : 52.819N Lon1 :
6.184W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 16:39:38 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.745N Lon1 :
6.506W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 18:17:29 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 52.859N Lon1 :
6.048W
01656 Date : 03.07.99 19:30:00 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 52.314N Lon1 :
6.457W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 05:49:35 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 53.147N Lon1 :
6.009W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 07:29:55 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 53.278N Lon1 :
6.037W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 07:39:28 LC : 1 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 53.218N Lon1 :
6.057W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 08:07:15 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 53.306N Lon1 :
6.066W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 09:20:04 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 53.210N Lon1 :
5.963W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 09:45:14 LC : A IQ : 07 Lat1 : 53.308N Lon1 :
6.079W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 09:46:51 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 53.468N Lon1 :
5.966W
01656 Date : 04.07.99 14:36:18 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 53.305N Lon1 :
6.143W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 09:03:38 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.296N Lon1 :
5.690W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 11:53:08 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.031N Lon1 :
5.788W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 12:41:07 LC : A IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.286N Lon1 :
5.533W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 15:19:51 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 54.139N Lon1 :
5.235W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 16:47:25 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.506N Lon1 :
5.376W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 17:00:37 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.264N Lon1 :
5.246W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 18:24:22 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.413N Lon1 :
5.615W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 18:52:38 LC : 2 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 54.402N Lon1 :
5.431W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 19:14:56 LC : 0 IQ : 56 Lat1 : 54.413N Lon1 :
5.420W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 20:03:09 LC : 3 IQ : 68 Lat1 : 54.436N Lon1 :
5.387W
01656 Date : 06.07.99 21:45:41 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 54.480N Lon1 :
5.422W
01656 Date : 07.07.99 05:18:55 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 54.540N Lon1 :
5.460W
01656 Date : 07.07.99 05:18:55 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 54.540N Lon1 :
5.460W
01656 Date : 07.07.99 06:58:25 LC : A IQ : 08 Lat1 : 54.706N Lon1 :
5.611W
more later,
ge
Greg Early
Edgerton Research Laboratory
New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
Boston, Mass 02110
617-973-5246 (phone)
617-723-6207 (FAX)
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