Table 2 Percentage that each variable contributed to the total dissimilarity observed within and between populations for each call type from the SIMPER analysis.

From: Vocalizations of wild West Indian manatee vary across subspecies and geographic location

Call type

Maximum frequency

Minimum frequency

Peak frequency

Center frequency

Bandwidth

Duration

Squeak

 Belize-Florida

14.61 (− 21.33)

24.30 (− 35.48)

18.79 (− 27.44)

17.05 (− 24.90)

13.47 (− 19.67)

11.79 (− 17.21)

 Belize-Panama

16.79 (− 126.3)

16.68 (− 125.5)

15.86 (− 119.3)

15.65 (− 117.7)

5.71 (− 43.01)

29.30 (− 220.3)

 Panama-Florida

 < 1 (2.78)

14.72 (− 11.77)

2.18 (− 1.74)

9.24 (− 7.38)

23.04 (− 18.41)

54.31 (− 43.41)

High squeak

 Belize-Florida

23.78 (4.41)

2.21 (0.41)

19.75 (3.66)

 < 1 (0.001)

51.68 (9.58)

2.50 (0.47)

 Belize-Panama

20.05 (− 49.75)

19.10 (− 47.40)

24.96 (− 61.94)

 < 1(− 0.02)

13.73 (− 34.06)

22.15 (− 54.97)

 Panama-Florida

49.10 (9.19)

43.19 (8.09)

46.27 (8.66)

 < 1 (0.001)

 < 1 (− 5.26)

 < 1 (− 1.96)

Squeal

 Belize-Florida

23.64 (− 112.1)

23.16 (− 109.90)

24.45 (− 115.00)

24.91 (− 118.1)

 < 1 (5.44)

5.18 (− 24.58)

  1. Dissimilarity values for each parameter are in parentheses.