Table 2 Emerging hotspot categories detected and their definitions.
From: Spatio-temporal analysis identifies marine mammal stranding hotspots along the Indian coastline
Sr. no | Symbol | Category detected | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
| No pattern detected | Does not fall into any of the hot or cold spot patterns defined below |
2 |
| New hotspot | An area which has become statistically significant hotspot in final time step, i.e. for the years 2016 and/or 2017 |
3 |
| Consecutive hotspot | An area which has been statistically significant hotspot for a considerable timeframe before the final time-step, i.e., in the years 2010 onwards |
4 |
| Sporadic hotspot | An area which has been a hotspot on and off throughout the time period. Less than 90% of the data (37 years out of the 42) have been statistically significant hot spots and none of the time-step intervals have been statistically significant cold spots |
