Populations: randomly spaced, evenly spaced, clumped, or normal?

Question

Fish commonly called king mackerel follow schools of menhaden, their primary food source. The distribution of king mackerel in the ocean is most likely randomly spaced, evenly spaced, clumped, or normal?

Answer 1

The distribution of king mackerel would be clumped. The fact that they are in groups, near menhaden. groups eliminates ebenly spaced , the fact that we know where to look for them eliminates random, and the two together tell us that it is clumped. As would be the human population, we congragete together for the most part, cities

Answer 2

King Mackerel(Scomberomorus cavalla) reach a maximum size of 100 pounds. King Mackerel have long tapering bodies common of all Mackerels. Their coloration is dark gray above fading to white on the belly. With finlets running along the top and bottom of the fish forward of the tail fin. King Mackerel occur in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

King Mackerel are schooling fish. King Mackerel are pelagics that live in the open oceans. King Mackerel are commonly caught in water of 30' to waters as deep as 600' off the Louisiana coast. King Mackerel are not a highly prized food fish but are considered a prized gamefish. There are two primary ways that these fish are caught. One is by drifting live or cut bait, sometimes around shrimp boats or oil rigs or by trolling. Both natural and artifical baits can be used for trolling. Most King Mackerel Tournaments are won by slow trolling live baits.

*King Mackerel feed almost exclusively on smaller fish.
*King Mackerel or often spotted jumping 20' or more into the air. This is done as the fish rush upwards on their prey from below.
King mackerel inhabit coastal waters from the Gulf of Maine to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Gulf of Mexico, and they are most commonly found from the Chesapeake Bay southward. They are found only occasionally in the upper Bay.
The adult fish has an elongated body with a narrow head and pointed snout, and appears iridescent blue-and-green dorsally with plain silver sides. Juveniles also have five or six irregular rows of bronze spots along their sides.
King mackerel are solitary surface dwellers that tend to be found near shore, often among reefs, wrecks or other underwater structures. Immature fish school, and sometimes mix with schools of Spanish mackerel of similar sizes. King mackerel are migratory, in response to water temperature, and prefer temperatures no lower than 68 degrees F.
These mackerel appear to spawn over a protracted period, with several peaks. On the Atlantic coast, larvae have been collected from May through October. Larval distribution indicates that spawning occurs in the western Atlantic off the Carolinas, Cape Canaveral and Miami. There does not appear to be a well-defined area for spawning.
King mackerel prefer to consume fish but also have been known to eat shrimp and squid.
Female king mackerel can live for up to 14 years.