Common name	Location	Variables used to define habitat	Reference
Common dolphin, Dusky dolphin, Hourglass dolphin	South Pacific	SST^a	[15]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Gulf of Mexico	Distribution patterns related to tidal occurrence, time of day, season	[95]
White-sided dolphin, Common dolphin	North Atlantic	SST, salinity, bottom topography	[95]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Moreton Bay	Distance from shore	[96]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Gulf of California	Behavioral and range patterns related to estuarine vs. non-estuarine habitat types, depth, Secchi depth	[97]
Pilot whale	North Atlantic	Depth, bottom topography, SST	[29]
Risso’s dolphin	Gulf of Mexico	Depth, depth gradient	[42]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Moray Firth	Movement patterns and seasonal distribution determined through photo-identification	[16]
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin	Algoa Bay	Distance to shore, depth, behavioral activities related to physical habitat features	[98]
Tursiops sp.	Shark Bay	Reproductive success, depth, SST	[99]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Gulf of Mexico	Foraging behavior, prey presence related to benthic habitat characteristics	[100]
Hector’s dolphin	Porpoise Bay	Photo-identification & land based theodolite fixes to determine spatial, temporal distribution patterns	[101]
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin	Shark Bay	Effect of prey abundance, shark presence on habitat use & group size	[31]
Tursiops sp.	Shannon estuary	Encounter locations related to benthic topography, depth, benthic slope	[38]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Moray Firth	Spatial, temporal distribution related to tidal cycle, tidal front	[102]
Common bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin	Gulf of Mexico	Depth, SST, salinity, Chl. a^b	[103]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Moray Firth	Foraging observations related to local submarine habitat characteristics	[32]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Chesapeake Bay	SST and Chl. a used as surrogates to monitor dolphin and prey movements	[104]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Mid-Atlantic Bight	SST, Chl. a	[105]
Atlantic spotted dolphin, Pantropical spotted dolphin, Clymene dolphin, Spinner dolphin, Striped dolphin	South West Atlantic	Depth, SST	[106]
Snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin	Cleveland Bay	SST, proximity to environmental features, bathymetry	[107]
Peale’s dolphin	Straight of Magellan	Dolphin presence and behavioral activities related to kelp beds	[108]
Tursiops sp.	Shark Bay	Aquaculture presence	[33]
Tursiops sp.	Shark Bay	Vessel effect on abundance	[34]
Spinner dolphin	Central Tropical Pacific	Surface turbidity, current, swell height, distance to shore, vessel presence	[34]
Snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin	Cleveland Bay	Depth, distance to physical environmental features	[109]
Common dolphin, Striped dolphin, Common bottlenose dolphin, Harbour porpoise, Pilot whale	English Channel	Distribution, encounter rate, bathymetric preference	[19]