The distribution of hauled-out ringed seals and an interpretation of Taylor's law |
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| Authors: | Michael C S Kingsley |
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| Institution: | (1) Arctic Management Research, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 501 University Crescent, R3T 2N6 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;(2) Present address: Fisheries and Oceans, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, P.O. Box 1000, G5H 3Z4 Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Summary The sizes of the groups in which ringed seals (Phoca hispida) haul out were studied from aerial survey data from a wide area of the Canadian Arctic. Densities of hauled-out ringed seals varied over a wide range, but the mean group size was comparatively constant. Ringed seal distribution data obeyed Taylor's law of variation; about half the increase in aggregation with density was due to change in group size, and half to increasingly clumpy distribution of groups. |
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| Keywords: | Ringed seal Density Distribution Taylor's law Group size |
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