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, SST_{in situ}^a

[113]

California

O₂₅, O₃₁

SST_{in situ,} salinity, depth

[114]

British Columbia

M₃, M₄, M₅, M₈, O₁

Depth, slope, SST_{in 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.

SST_{in situ}, front occurrence, depth, slope

[116]

Spain

O₁, O₄, O₅, O₈, O₁₈, O₁₉, O₂₄, O₂₅

Depth, slope, SST_sat

[117]

Faroe-Shetland Channel

Oceanic dolphins

SST_{in situ}, salinity, depth, slope, ambient noise

Chl.a_{in situ}^b

[118]

Eastern Tropical Pacific

O₄, Mesoplodon spp.

Thermocline depth and strength, SST_{in situ}, salinity, depth, slope

Chl.a_{in situ}

[50]

Eastern Tropical Pacific

O₇, O₈, O₉, O₁₀, O₁₁, O₁₂, O₁₃, O₁₄, O₁₈, O₁₉, O₂₀, O₂₂, O₂₃, O₂₄, O₂₅, O₂₆, O₂₇, O₂₈

SST_{in situ}, salinity, thermocline depth and strength, depth, slope

Chl.a_{in situ}

[119]

Western Antarctic Peninsula

M₈, M₆

Acoustic volume backscatter, depth, slope, temperature_{in situ}

Chl.a_{in situ}

[120]

South central Alaska

O₂

Depth, flow accumulation

[121]

Hawaiian Archipelago

M₈

Depth, SST_sat

[51]

Northern Adriatic Seas

O₁₉

O₂ saturation, temperature_{in situ}, density anomaly, turbidity,

depth , salinity, pH, turbidity

IVF^c

[8]

Bay of Biscay

O₁₉, O₂₄, O₂₅

Distance

[122]

SW Mediterranean Sea

O₂₅

Depth, slope, SST_sat, scattering layers

Chl. a_sat, 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, SST_sat

Chl.a_sat

[124]

Pelagos sanctuary

(Mediterranean Sea)

M₄, O₂₄

Depth, slope, SST_sat

Chl.a_sat

[125]

North-western Mediterranean

O₁, O₉, O₁₈

Depth, slope, SST_sat, fronts, salinity

Chl.a_sat

[52]

Eastern tropical pacific

O₂₄, O₂₃, O₂₅, O₁₈

SST_{in situ}, salinity, thermocline depth and strength,

depth, temperature fronts

Chl.a_{in situ}

[126]

Mid Atlantic Ridge

M₅, O₁

Bathymetry, slope, flow velocity, water level gradient,

temperature and salinity gradients

[127]

Florida Bay, USA

O₁₉

Temperature_{in situ}, salinity, turbidity, dissolved O₂, benthic type

Chl.a_{in situ}

Dolphin prey per unit effort

[128]

Scotland

O₁₉, O₃₂

Depth, slope, distance, SST_{in 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]