AIC values for generalised additive models describing the influence of environmental factors on the occurrence of female-calf humpback whale groups in the Au'au Channel, Maui, Hawaii.

Legends:“s” identifies smoothed data.“*”denotes terms representing interactions between variables.AICc – second order Akaike's Inspection Criteria.ΔAICc – relative change in AIC value, compared to the lowest value recorded.Dev Exp – provides the estimated percentage of deviation that can be explained by the variable(s) in the model.