R. Anderson, Observations of cetaceans in the Maldives, Journal of Cetacean 357 Research and Management, vol.7, pp.119-135, 1990.

D. Au and W. Perryman, Dolphin habitats in the eastern tropical Pacific, Fishery Bulletin, p.360, 1985.

J. Audru, P. Guennoc, I. Thinon, and O. Abellard, Bathymay : la structure sous-marine de Mayotte r??v??l??e par l'imagerie multifaisceaux, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, vol.338, issue.16, pp.1240-1249, 2006.
DOI : 10.1016/j.crte.2006.07.010

R. Baird, D. Mcsweeney, D. Webster, A. Gorgone, and A. Ligon, Studies of odontocete 366 population structure in Hawaiian waters: results of a survey through the main Hawaiian Islands 367 in May and, 2003.

L. Ballance and R. Pitman, CETACEANS OF THE WESTERN TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN: DISTRIBUTION, RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, AND COMPARISONS WITH CETACEAN COMMUNITIES OF TWO OTHER TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS, Marine Mammal Science, vol.17, issue.3, 1998.
DOI : 10.1007/BF00349552

M. Bearzi, Aspects of the ecology and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus, p.376, 2005.

M. Begon, C. Townsend, and J. Harper, Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems, 2009.

R. Brownell, K. Ralls, S. Baumann-pickering, and M. Poole, Behavior of melon-headed whales, p.382, 2009.

A. Cañadas, R. Sagarminaga, and S. Garcia-tiscar, Cetacean distribution related with depth and slope in the Mediterranean waters off southern Spain, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol.49, issue.11, pp.2053-2073, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00123-1

J. Chapman and M. Reiss, Ecology: principles and applications, p.388, 1999.

P. Corkeron, Aspects of the behavioral ecology of inshore dolphins Tursiops truncatus and 391, 1990.

. Sousa-chinensis-in-moreton-bay and . Australia, The 392 bottlenose dolphin, pp.285-293

P. Cubero-pardo, Environmental factors governing the distribution of the bottlenose (Tursiops 395 truncatus) and the spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) in Golfe Duce, 2007.

. Rica and . Invest, Mar Valparaiso, pp.15-23

W. Dawbin, The seasonal migratory cycle of humpback whales, Whales, 399 dolphins, and porpoises, pp.145-70, 1966.

M. Dolar, W. Perrin, B. Taylor, G. Kooyman, and M. Alava, Abundance and distributional 402 ecology of cetaceans in the central Philippines, Journal of Cetacean Research Management, vol.8, pp.93-111, 2006.

V. Dulau-drouot, V. Boucaud, and B. Rota, Cetacean diversity off La R??union Island (France), Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol.3, issue.06, p.406, 2008.
DOI : 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01094.x

A. Gannier, Distribution of cetaceans off the Society Islands (French Polynesia) as obtained from 409 dedicated surveys, Aquatic Mammals, vol.26, pp.111-126, 2000.

A. Gannier, Cetaceans of the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia): distribution and relative 412 abundance as obtained from a small boat dedicated survey, Aquatic Mammals, vol.28, pp.198-210, 2002.

A. Gannier, Summer distribution and relative abundance of delphinids in the Mediterranean Sea, p.415, 2005.

A. Gannier and E. Petiau, Environmental variables affecting the residence of spinner dolphins 418 (Stenella longirostris) in the Bay of Tahiti (French Polynesia) Aquatic Mammals, pp.202-211, 2006.

A. Gross, J. Kiszka, O. Van-canneyt, P. Richard, and V. Ridoux, A preliminary study of habitat and 421 resource partitioning among co-occurring tropical dolphins around Mayotte, p.422, 2009.

M. Guilmartin and N. Revelante, The ???island mass??? effect on the phytoplankton and primary production of the Hawaiian Islands, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol.16, issue.2, pp.181-204, 1974.
DOI : 10.1016/0022-0981(74)90019-7

A. Guissamulo and V. Cockcroft, Ecology and Population Estimates of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (<I>Sousachinensis</I>) in Maputo Bay, Mozambique, Aquatic Mammals, vol.30, issue.1, pp.94-102, 2004.
DOI : 10.1578/AM.30.1.2004.94

A. Hermans and P. Pistorius, Marine mammal diversity in the remote waters of Aldabra Atoll, southern Seychelles, Atoll Research Bulletin, vol.564, pp.1-7, 2008.
DOI : 10.5479/si.00775630.564.1

T. Jefferson and N. Barros, Peponocephala electra, Mammalian Species, vol.553, issue.553, pp.1-6, 1997.
DOI : 10.2307/3504200

T. Jefferson and L. Karczmarski, Sousa chinensis, Mammalian Species, vol.655, pp.1-9, 2001.
DOI : 10.1644/1545-1410(2001)655<0001:SC>2.0.CO;2

L. Karczmarski, V. Cockcroft, and A. Maclahan, Habitat use and preferences of Indo-Pacific 438 humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in Algoa Bay, South Africa, Marine Mammal Science, vol.16, pp.439-65, 2000.

J. Kiszka, P. Ersts, and V. Ridoux, Cetacean diversity around the Mozambique Channel, p.442, 2007.

. Mayotte, Comoros archipelago), Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, vol.9, pp.105-109

J. Kiszka, C. Muir, C. Poonian, T. Cox, O. Amir et al., Marine mammal bycatch in the southwest Indian Ocean: review and need for a 446 comprehensive status assessment, Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, vol.445, issue.7, pp.447-119, 2008.

J. Kiszka and C. Pusineri, Activity budgets of tropical dolphins around Mayotte, 2009.

R. De-la, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage and Collectivité 451

J. Kiszka, P. Berggren, H. Rosenbaum, S. Cerchio, D. Rowat et al., Cetaceans in the southwest Indian Ocean: a review of diversity, 455 distribution and conservation issues, O18 to the Scientific Committee of the 456 International Whaling Commission, 2009.

J. Kiszka, M. Vely, and O. Breysse, Preliminary account of cetacean diversity and humpback whale 459 (Megaptera novaeangliae) group characteristics around the Union of the Comoros 460 (Mozambique Channel), Mammalia, vol.74, pp.51-56, 2010.

S. Leatherwood and G. Donovan, Cetaceans and cetacean research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary 463, 1991.

L. Levine and P. Dayton, Ecological theory and continental margins: where shallow meets deep, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol.24, issue.11, pp.606-617, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.tree.2009.04.012

J. Bruggemann, Western Indian Ocean coral communities: bleaching responses and 471 susceptibility to extinction, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol.337, pp.1-13, 2007.

C. Macleod, M. Santos, and G. Pierce, Review of data on diets of beaked whales, p.474, 2003.

C. Macleod, N. Hauser, and H. Peckman, Diversity, relative density and structure of the cetacean 478 community in summer months east of Great Abaco, Bahamas. Journal of the Marine Biological, vol.479, 2004.

C. Macleod and A. Zuur, Habitat utilization by Blainville's beaked whales of Great Abaco, 482 northern Bahamas, in relation to seabed topography, Marine Biology, vol.174, pp.1-11, 2005.

J. Mann, Behavioral sampling methods for cetaceans: a review and critique. Marine Mammal 485, Science, vol.15, pp.102-122, 1999.

K. Maze-foley and K. Mullin, Cetaceans in the oceanic northern gulf of Mexico: distributions, group 488 sizes and inter-specific associations, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, vol.8, pp.489-203, 2006.

A. Azevedo, Habitat characteristics of dolphins of the genus Stenella, p.493, 2005.

K. Norris, Dolphin day. The life and times of the spinner dolphin, 1991.

K. Norris and T. Dohl, Behavior of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris. Fishery 498 Bulletin, pp.821-849, 1979.

K. Norris, B. Würsig, R. Wells, M. Würsig, S. Brownlee et al., The behavior of 501 the Hawaiian spinner dolphin, 1985.

V. Peddemors, Delphinids in southern Africa: a review of their distribution, status and life 505 history, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, vol.1, pp.157-165, 1999.

W. Perryman, Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra Gray, 1846 Encyclopedia of marine mammals, pp.733-734, 2002.

S. Psarakos, D. Herzing, and M. K. , Mixed-species associations between Pantropical spotted dolphins (<I>Stenella attenuata</I>) and Hawaiian spinner dolphins (<I>Stenella longirostris</I>) off Oahu, Hawaii, Aquatic Mammals, vol.29, issue.3, pp.390-395, 2003.
DOI : 10.1578/01675420360736578
URL : http://doi.org/10.1578/01675420360736578

J. Quod, O. Naim, and F. Abdourazi, The Comoros archipelago, p.516, 2000.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00913823

J. Redfern, J. Barlow, L. Ballance, T. Gerrodette, and E. Becker, Absence of scale dependence in 519 dolphin-habitat models for the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol.520, issue.363, pp.1-14, 2008.

H. Rosenbaum, Marine mammals of Madagascar The 523 natural history of Madagascar, pp.213-216, 2003.

G. Ross and V. Cockcroft, Comments on Australian bottlenose dolphins and taxonomic stock of 526, 1990.

. Sousa and . Cuvier, 1829) and Sousa teuszii (Kukenthal, 1892) In: Ridway SH Handbook of marine mammals The first book of dolphins, pp.23-42

M. Scott and S. Shivers, Distribution and herd structure of bottlenose dolphins in the eastern 534 tropical Pacific Ocean The bottlenose dolphin, 1990.

S. Shane, Behaviour and ecology of the bottlenose dolphin at Sanibel Island, Florida, p.538, 1990.

S. Leatherwood and R. Reeves, The bottlenose dolphin, pp.245-265

R. Smolker, A. Richards, R. Connor, and J. Pepper, Sex Differences in Patterns of Association Among Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphins, Behaviour, vol.123, issue.1, pp.38-69, 1992.
DOI : 10.1163/156853992X00101

E. Stensland, A. Särnblad, I. Carlén, A. Bignert, and P. Berggren, POPULATION SIZE, DISTRIBUTION, AND BEHAVIOR OF INDO-PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE (TURSIOPS ADUNCUS) AND HUMPBACK (SOUSA CHINENSIS) DOLPHINS OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF ZANZIBAR, Marine Mammal Science, vol.198, issue.12, pp.667-682, 2006.
DOI : 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00338.x

D. Thiele, E. Chester, and P. Gill, Cetacean distribution off Eastern Antarctica (80???150??E) during the Austral summer of 1995/1996, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol.47, issue.12-13, pp.2543-2572, 1995.
DOI : 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00035-7

B. Würsig, R. Wells, K. Norris, and M. Würsig, A spinner dolphin's day, 1994.

R. Wells and M. Würsig, The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin London, University of California 556 Press, pp.65-102

B. Würsig, S. Lynn, T. Jefferson, and K. Mullin, Behaviour of cetaceans in the Northern Gulf of 559, 1998.