All data were collected with Mk10-PAT tags (Wildlife Computers, Redmond, WA) attached to living Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) as described elsewhere (Gilly et al. 2006). Tags were programmed to sample at 0.5 Hz or 1 Hz. Tags deployed in Monterey Bay (CCS-1through CCS-6; deployed during OCE-0850839) were programmed to transmit time series data (75 s intervals = 0.01333 Hz) for depth, temperature and light to the Argos satellite system. Tags deployed in the Gulf of California (GOC-1 through GOC-6; deployed during OCE-0526640) were physically recovered, and the data were subsampled to match the 75 s interval of the CCS tags. This procedure was also carried out for tag CCS-6 that was recovered but never reported to Argos.
Mk10 PAT tags measure depth from 0 to 2000 m with a resolution of 0.5 m and temperature from 0 to +40 degrees C with a resolution of 0.05 degree C. The tags were used as supplied by the manufacturer without additional calibration.
References:
Gilly, W.F., Zeidberg, L.D., Booth, J.A.T, Stewart, J.S., Marshall, G., Abernathy, K., and Bell, L.E. 2012. Locomotion and behavior of Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas, in relation to natural hypoxia in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 3175-3190. doi: 10.1242/jeb.072538.
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