Dolphin whistles can be useful tools in identifying units of conservation

Data collection and processing in the Azores was funded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) and Fundo Regional da Ciencia e Tecnologia (FRCT), through research projects TRACE-PTDC/MAR/74071/2006 and MAPCET-M2.1.2/F/012/2011 (FEDER, the Competitiveness Factors Operational (COMPETE), QREN European Social Fund, and Pro convergencia Acores/EU Program). We also thank FCT for supporting MARE (UID/MAR/04292/2019) and OKEANOS (UIB/05634/2020), as well as for the research grants awarded to PR (SFRH/BPD/108007/2015) and CI (Project Awareness - PTDC/BIA-BMA/30514/2017). SMA is supported through project SUMMER (H2020-EU.3.2.3.1, GA 817806). Data collection by SECAC was funded by the EU LIFE programme—project LIFE INDEMARES (LIFE 07/NAT/E/000732)— and the Fundacion Biodiversidad under the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs (project ZEC-TURSIOPS). EP was supported by a LLP/Erasmus grant 2010–2011 for collecting data in the Canary Islands.