Fernandez Betelu, OihaneGraham, Isla M.Cornulier, ThomasThompson, Paul M.2019-03-012019-03-012019Fernandez Betelu, O, Graham, I M, Cornulier, T & Thompson, P M 2019, 'Fine scale spatial variability in the influence of environmental cycles on the occurrence of dolphins at coastal sites', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 2548. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38900-42045-2322Mendeley: 6a130b10-e3ee-37eb-883b-54e315de7de9ORCID: /0000-0001-7018-3269/work/88321138ORCID: /0000-0002-6002-4376/work/95579813http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11982Passive 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.122628358engSDG 14 - Life Below WaterBOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINSDIEL VARIATIONHABITAT PREFERENCESHARBOR PORPOISESMARINE PROTECTED AREASMORAY-FIRTHPHOCOENA-PHOCOENASEALS PHOCA-VITULINASEASONAL-VARIATIONTURSIOPS-TRUNCATUSQH301 BiologyGeneralSupplementary DataSupplementary data available as a pdf from publisher's websiteQH301Journal article10.1038/s41598-019-38900-4http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062032635&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttp://www.mendeley.com/research/fine-scale-spatial-variability-influence-environmental-cycles-occurrence-dolphins-coastal-sites9