Sighting Distribution
From May-August during the course of the 4 year study, bottlenose dolphins
were sighted throughout the study area (Fig. 2.6). The distance calculated from the
mean distribution of each year to the coastline of Bimini was 3.8 km (2006), 2.6 km
(2007), 3.0 km (2008), and 2.8 km (2009), with the mean distribution for 2007-2009
clumped closely together. The mean distribution of the bottlenose dolphins in 2006 was
the furthest from the coast and the furthest north of all years analyzed (Fig. 2.7).