Fine scale spatial variability in the influence of environmental cycles on the occurrence of dolphins at coastal sites

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Fernandez Betelu, Oihane, Graham, Isla M., Cornulier, Thomas, Thompson, Paul M.
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Medical Statistics, University of Aberdeen.Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: SDG 14 - Life Below Water; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS; DIEL VARIATION; HABITAT PREFERENCES; HARBOR PORPOISES; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; MORAY-FIRTH; PHOCOENA-PHOCOENA; SEALS PHOCA-VITULINA; SEASONAL-VARIATION; TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS; QH301 Biology; General; Supplementary Data; Supplementary data available as a pdf from publisher's website; QH301; Phoca vitulina; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11982; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38900-4; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062032635&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.mendeley.com/research/fine-scale-spatial-variability-influence-environmental-cycles-occurrence-dolphins-coastal-sites

Passive acoustic data were collected under a series of grants and contracts from DECC Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment Programme, Marine Scotland, Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd., The Crown Estate, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd. We thank Bill Ruck and colleagues from University of Aberdeen and Moray First Marine for fieldwork support. The tidal data was kindly provided by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. We would like to thank Dr Enrico Pirotta, Dr Julien Martin and Dr Barbara Cheney for their invaluable comments and ideas during the development of this work. We would also like to acknowledge the University of Aberdeen’s Maxwell computer cluster for assistance with the data processing. OFB was funded by “La Caixa” foundation and their support is gratefully acknowledged. Peer reviewed