Site fidelity.

• Main Authors: Eric M. Keen (8057210), James Pilkington (11383961), Éadin O’Mahony (11383964), Kim-Ly Thompson (11383967), Benjamin Hendricks (11383970), Nicole Robinson (352516), Archie Dundas (11383973), Linda Nichol (5346965), Hussein M. Alidina (11383976), Hermann Meuter (11383979), Chris R. Picard (11383982), Janie Wray (457395)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; Marine Biology; Inorganic Chemistry; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; strong site fidelity; recapture analysis documented; greatest densities occurring; great bear rainforest; findings offer insights; 2005 – 2006; div >< p; seasonally resident population; kitimat fjord system; fjord system along; fin whales arrived; fin whales (<; balaenoptera physalus </; kfs repeatedly throughout; fjord system; fin whales; p </; population ’; population recovery; velifera </; b </; widely considered; whaling records; visual surveys; traditional knowledge; squally channel; social network; several lines; seasonal patterns; recent years; rare exception; peak abundance; outer channels; oceanic species; occur regularly; intracoastal waters; general patterns; evidence indicated; enclosed seas; commonly found; commercial whaling; calf pairs; caamaño sound; based surveys; 70 %; 572 hours; 311 km; Kitimat; Caamaño Sound; Squally Channel; Balaenoptera physalus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256815.g004

Annual rate of return (recaptures from any previous year) for whales with dorsal distinctiveness score of 2–3 (black, solid line) and 1 (grey, dashed line). Distinctiveness scores (1 = Extremely distinctive, 2 = adequately distinctive; 3 = indistinct and difficult to identify) are displayed separately to assess for the influence of distinctiveness on perceived rates of return (see main text for further details).