Estimating Cetacean Carrying Capacity Based on Spacing Behaviour
Figure 3
A comparison of nearest neighbour distances with proximity to the centre of aggregation.
The nearest neighbour distance (mean of flights ± standard error) of groups of pods based on how close they are to the centre of aggregation, i.e. the 10% mark contains the closest 10% pods to the mean, the 20% mark contains the closest 10–20%, and so on up to the 90–100% group. The only group with a significantly different nearest neighbour distance was the 90–100%, which was much higher than the rest.