Fin whale distribution.

• 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; Fin whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256815.g005

Effort-corrected encounter rates of fin whales in the Kitimat Fjord System, for (A–B) surveys along planned routes, 2005–2014 (see S1 Fig in S1 File for effort), and (C) line transect sampling, 2013–2015 (see S1 Fig in S1 File for effort). In A and B, rates are binned spatially using the blocking from Keen et al. (2017). In C, binning was based upon the strata used in density estimation (S6 Table in S1 File ). The color scale in each map is scaled by the maximum observed by the respective research platform. Pink coloration indicates no survey effort.