Dolphin whistles can be useful tools in identifying units of conservation

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Table 1 Summary of the model species considered in the study. For each species, the geographic region, location, and genetic situation has been shown

Species	GeographicRegion	Location	Genetics
Bottlenose dolphin	Atlantic Ocean	Azores Islands	Considered as a single Atlantic population [53]
	Atlantic Ocean	Canary Islands	Considered as a single Atlantic population [53]
	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea	Considered as Western Mediterranean, differentiated from Alboran Sea [54]
		Provencal Sea
		Spanish waters
		Alboran Sea	Considered as independent from the Western Mediterranean [54]
Short-beaked common dolphin	Atlantic Ocean	Azores Islands	Considered as a single Atlantic population [55]
	Atlantic Ocean	Canary Islands	Considered as a single Atlantic population [55]
	Mediterranean Sea	Tyrrhenian Sea	Considered as Western Mediterranean, differentiated from Alboran Sea [56]
		Sardinian waters
		Alboran Sea	Considered as independent from the Western Mediterranean [56]
Striped dolphin	Atlantic Ocean	Azores Islands	Considered as a single Atlantic population [57, 58]
	Atlantic Ocean	Canary Islands	Considered as a single Atlantic population [57, 58]
	Mediterranean Sea	Ligurian Sea	Considered as Western Mediterranean, differentiated from Alboran Sea [57,58,59]
		Tyrrhenian Sea
		Provencal Sea
		Balearic waters
		Spanish waters
		Alboran Sea	Considered as independent from the Western Mediterranean [59, 60]

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