| estimating cetacean carrying capacity based on spacing behaviour. | conservation of large ocean wildlife requires an understanding of how they use space. in western australia, the humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) population is growing at a minimum rate of 10% per year. an important consideration for conservation based management in space-limited environments, such as coastal resting areas, is the potential expansion in area use by humpback whales if the carrying capacity of existing areas is exceeded. here we determined the theoretical carrying capacity o ... | 2012 | 23236479 |