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Table 2 Summary of the study effort for each species and each basin. For the Mediterranean, we analyzed 22.47 h of recordings from 38 sightings and we extracted 1293 whistles, 58.54% of which met good quality criteria and were analyzed. For the Atlantic Ocean, we collected 17.25 h of recordings during 63 sightings and 45.70% of 3177 signals were analyzed

From: Dolphin whistles can be useful tools in identifying units of conservation

 

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Hours

Sightings

Extracted Whistles

Analyzed whistles

Hours

Sightings

Extracted whistles

Analyzed whistles

Bottlenose dolphin

3.06

5

257

136

7.95

23

1052

420

Short-beaked common dolphin

8.30

14

249

120

5.60

27

984

480

Striped dolphin

11.11

19

787

501

3.70

13

1141

552