Movements of blue sharks in the North Atlantic Ocean using satellite telemetry, 2014-2017

• Main Authors: Braun, Camrin, Gaube, Peter, Sinclair-Taylor, Tane, Skomal, Gregory, Thorrold, Simon
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Axiom Data Science 2019
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.24431/rw1k329; https://search.dataone.org/#view/10.24431/rw1k329

This dataset contains Argos-based position estimates that represent the movements of a pelagic predator, the blue shark (Prionace glauca), in the Gulf Stream region and broader North Atlantic Ocean using electronic tags. We collected >2,000 tracking days recorded by 15 instrumented individuals over a three year period. Each individual shark was assigned a unique identification number that includes Taxononomic Serial Number (TSN) from Integrated Taxonomic Information System, tagging year and satellite tag Platform Terminal Transmission (PTT) number as "TSN_YR_PTT". We include one data file (.csv) per individual, a metadata table that provides additional information on size, sex and other metrics, and a metadata table that indicates the date range for data that was manually removed prior to archiving: 160424_2013_132346pnas_atn.csv 160424_2014_141195pnas_atn.csv 160424_2015_141261pnas_atn.csv 160424_2015_141264pnas_atn.csv 160424_2015_141268pnas_atn.csv 160424_2015_141270pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_106744pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_106745pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_106746pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_106747pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_106748pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_141262pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_141263pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_141265pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_141266pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_165927pnas_atn.csv 160424_2016_165928pnas_atn.csv Braun_atn_tag_deployment_metadata.csv cut_dates_atn.csv