The underwater Caprera Canyon, off the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, is a hotspot of whale and dolphin diversity

The underwater Caprera Canyon, off the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, is a hotspot of whale and dolphin diversity

Article URL: http://plos.io/4458aP5

Article title: The Caprera Canyon (north–eastern Sardinia): A hotspot of cetacean diversity in the western Mediterranean Sea

Author countries: Italy

Funding: This study was part of the research projects “I Cetacei pelagici nella Sardegna nord-orientale: una biorisorsa prioritaria per il Parco Nazionale Arcipelago di La Maddalena e il Parco Marino Internazionale delle Bocche di Bonifacio” of the University of Sassari, and “Progetto cetacei del Canyon di Caprera” of SEA ME Sardinia (www.seame.it), which is still ongoing. This work was funded by the One Ocean Foundation (www.1ocean.org), in the form of financial support to SEA ME Sardinia for research, educational and dissemination activities. The research was also funded by UNEP SPA/RAC (www.rac-spa.org) through CIMA Foundation (www.cimafoundation.org), Fondazione di Sardegna, and La Maddalena Archipelago National Park (www.lamaddalenapark.it), which provided financial support to University of Sassari (CUP J82I15000310005). University of Sassari provided grants for LB and MCL. SEA ME Sardinia provided financial support in the form of salary for LB, ML and EF. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ’author contributions’ section. One Ocean Foundation provided assistance and support in the proofreading and submission process, but had no role in study design, data collection and analysis. The other funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, or preparation of the manuscript.