Table 6. ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey tests results of ER comparisons between areas south and southeast and seasons.

Group categories/Species	Areas (S vs SE)	Seasons (Spring vs Autumn)	South Area (Spring vs Autumn)	Southeast area (Spring vs Autumn)	Spring season (S vs SE)	Autumn season (S vs SE)
Total Cetaceans	p = 0.69	p = 0.03	p = 0.26	p = 0.56	p = 0.52	p = 0.99
Small delphinid	p = 0.88	p = 0.01	p = 0.09	p = 0.33	p = 0.98	p = 0.95
Large delphinid	p = 0.23	p = 0.99	p = 0.97	p = 0.97	p = 0.97	p = 0.57
Small whale	p = 0.39	p = 0.43	p = 0.89	p = 0.96	p = 0.95	p = 0.87
Large whale	p = 0.09	p = 0.40	p = 0.98	p = 0.82	p = 0.44	p = 0.74
Stenella frontalis	p = 0.72	p = 0.01	p = 0.62	p = 0.06	p = 0.94	p = 0.70
Stenella longirostris	p = 0.11	p = 0.26	p = 0.91	p = 0.75	p = 0.54	p = 0.74
Delphinus delphis*			p = 0.15
Tursiops truncatus	p = 0.23	p = 0.78	p = 0.56	p = 0.34	p = 0.91	p = 0.12
Globicephala melas	p = 0.01	p = 0.66	p = 0.91	p = 0.99	p = 0.29	p = 0.10
Physeter macrocephalus	p = 0.03	p = 0.86	p = 0.92	p = 0.98	p = 0.17	p = 0.62

ER, encounter rate;

* this species only occurred in the south area, thus the only difference tested was between seasons;

vs, versus; S, south area; SE, southeast; p values in bold (p<0.05) represent statistically significant results.