Population density

H.m.

H.g.

H.s.

H.sp.

K-W test

Inside the Kuroshio

2,202.6 ± 8,815.4 [26]

8,581.9 ± 24,443.2 [26]

16,396.4 ± 66,138.4 [26]

75.3 ± 306.2 [26]

6.442, 2, 0.040

Around the Kuroshio

1,362.5 ± 2,704.9 [19]

5,079.0 ± 9,501.2 [19]

2,223.8 ± 5,839.9 [19]

33.6 ± 146.6 [19]

0.805, 2, 0.669

Mann-Whitney U-test

z & p values

−0.770 & 0.441

−0.074 & 0.941

−2.557 & 0.011

−0.698 & 0.485