Transect Area observed (km
2
) Number of whales Whales per km
2
SURVEY 5: 19.08.2002
1 19.72 0
2 36.14 0
3 35.16 23
4 30.40 39
5 19.98 9
6 16.37 0
7 17.17 1
8 17.12 0
9 16.18 0
10 21.97 0
11 19.91 3
12 23.00 0
13 25.33 0
14 21.17 0
Column 4, the proximity data, tells us where the whales are more congregated in a given survey
area. This value is calculated using the known data of number of whales and size of area observed:
Number of whales
=
Proximity of whales
Area Observed
For example, for Transect 3:
23 whales
= 0.65 whale/km
2
35.16 km
2