Location | Species | Environmental variables used to model habitat | Reference | |
Abiotic | Biotic | |||
Nova Scotia | M3, M4, M7, M8, O1, O5, O8, O15, O19, O24, O25 | Depth, slope, SSTin situa |
| [113] |
California | O25, O31 | SSTin situ, salinity, depth |
| [114] |
British Columbia | M3, M4, M5, M8, O1 | Depth, slope, SSTin situ, salinity, | Historical whaling data | [115] |
Mid-west North Atlantic Ocean | M4, M7, M8, O1, O4, O8, O9, O15, O18, O19, O20, O21, O25, O32, Mesoplodon spp. | SSTin situ, front occurrence, depth, slope |
| [116] |
Spain | O1, O4, O5, O8, O18, O19, O24, O25 | Depth, slope, SSTsat |
| [117] |
Faroe-Shetland Channel | Oceanic dolphins | SSTin situ, salinity, depth, slope, ambient noise | Chl.ain situb | [118] |
Eastern Tropical Pacific | O4, Mesoplodon spp. | Thermocline depth and strength, SSTin situ, salinity, depth, slope | Chl.ain situ | [50] |
Eastern Tropical Pacific | O7, O8, O9, O10, O11, O12, O13, O14, O18, O19, O20, O22, O23, O24, O25, O26, O27, O28 | SSTin situ, salinity, thermocline depth and strength, depth, slope | Chl.ain situ | [119] |
Western Antarctic Peninsula | M8, M6 | Acoustic volume backscatter, depth, slope, temperaturein situ | Chl.ain situ | [120] |
South central Alaska | O2 | Depth, flow accumulation |
| [121] |
Hawaiian Archipelago | M8 | Depth, SSTsat |
| [51] |
Northern Adriatic Seas | O19 | O2 saturation, temperaturein situ, density anomaly, turbidity, depth , salinity, pH, turbidity | IVFc | [8] |
Bay of Biscay | O19, O24, O25 | Distance |
| [122] |
SW Mediterranean Sea | O25 | Depth, slope, SSTsat, scattering layers | Chl. asat, presence of calves, interspecific relationships, behavior | [110] |
Strait of Gibraltar | O1, O7, O8, O19, O24, O25 | Depth, slope |
| [123] |
Central Mediterranean Sea | O18, O19, O24 | Depth, slope, SSTsat | Chl.asat | [124] |
Pelagos sanctuary (Mediterranean Sea) | M4, O24 | Depth, slope, SSTsat | Chl.asat | [125] |
North-western Mediterranean | O1, O9, O18 | Depth, slope, SSTsat, fronts, salinity | Chl.asat | [52] |
Eastern tropical pacific | O24, O23, O25, O18 | SSTin situ, salinity, thermocline depth and strength, depth, temperature fronts | Chl.ain situ | [126] |
Mid Atlantic Ridge | M5, O1 | Bathymetry, slope, flow velocity, water level gradient, temperature and salinity gradients |
| [127] |
Florida Bay, USA | O19 | Temperaturein situ, salinity, turbidity, dissolved O2, benthic type | Chl.ain situ Dolphin prey per unit effort | [128] |
Scotland | O19, O32 | Depth, slope, distance, SSTin situ, sediment type, salinity |
| [129] |
Greater Minch, Scotland | O32 | Depth, bathymetry, distance, tidal conditions |
| [130] |
Gulf of Maine | M1 |
| Modeled prey densities, arrival date of whales in study location, sightings per unit effort | [50] |