Inma Herrera ^1* Manuel Carrillo ² Marcial Cosme De Esteban ¹ Ricardo J. Haroun ¹

• ¹ Research group BIOCON, University Institute ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas, Spain
• ² Red Canaria de Cetáceos Varados, Canarias Conservación - Gabinete Técnico de Medio Ambiente. La Laguna. S/C Tenerife, Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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The publisher apologizes for this mistake.The original version of this article has been updated.In the published article, there was a mistake in the Funding statement. The funding statement for the Key Development Project of the Department of Science and Technology was displayed as "2015CBd051". The correct statement is "Key Development Project of Department of Science and Technology (2015C03Bd051) In the published article, there was an error in [Figures 1,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] as published. [All the information related to the MISTIC SEAS II project was deleted].The corrected [Figure 1] and its caption appear below. Figure 1. Map of the survey area location, Canary Islands Archipelago, including the Special Areas of Conservation (SACs; green color), the Sites of Community Importance (SCIs; pink color) and the surveyed spatial trajectory (----tracks lines). The corrected [Figure 3] and its caption appear below. The corrected [Figure 4] and its caption appear below. 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Incorrect Funding "[In the published article, there was an error in the Funding statement. [This study is a contribution of the project MarSP (EASME/EMFF/2016/1.2.1.6/03SI2.763106) supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and the European Commission. Thanks to the MISTIC SEAS II project (funded by the European Commission11061/2017/750679/SUB/ENV.C2) for the whale-watching information as well as the Programa POSEIDON, run by the ULPGC and funded by Fundación Biodiversidad. Further, the cetacean datasets hosted in the websites of the Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition & Demographic Challenge (MITECO) as well as of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial Planning of the Canarian regional government are much acknowledged. IH was supported by a postdoctoral research position granted by ARDITI/University of Madeira (MISTIC SEAS III project). MCdE was supported by a Ph.D. student fellowship granted by Agencia Canaria de Investigación Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI) of the Canarian regional government.]".The correct Funding statement appears below. "[There was no funding received for the research reported in this study.]"The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated. In the published article, there was an error in the Acknowledgements section. [We thank the three reviewers whose comments/suggestions helped improve and clarify this manuscript. Due to unexpected and abrupt health problem, just after the submission of this article, we have experienced the loss of one of the co-authors: MC. May he rest in peace. We dedicate this work to his memory and his long-lasting efforts to protect marine mammals.].The correct Acknowledgements appears below. -Ministry of Ecological Transition & Demographic Challenge (MITECO). MCdE was supported by a PhD student fellowship granted by Agencia Canaria de Investigación Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI) of the Canarian regional government. We thank the three reviewers whose comments/suggestions helped improve and clarify this manuscript. Due to unexpected and abrupt health problem, just after the submission of this article, we have experienced the loss of one of the co-authors: MC. May he rest in peace. We dedicate this work to his memory and his long-lasting efforts to protect marine mammals.]".The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated. In the published article, the reference for [MISTIC SEAS II, 2019a;b] was Not necessary to add. [MISTIC SEAS II (2019a). Applying a sub-regional coherent and coordinated approach to the monitoring and assessment of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia for the second cycle of the MFSD (MISTIC SEAS II) A-MB-TR2 -Technical Report Sub-programmes Abundance of Oceanic Cetaceans (MM) and Loggerhead Census (MT)-Oceanic Workpackage 1 A-MB-TR2 (OCEANIC) 2. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.13417.11369 MISTIC SEAS II (2019b). MISTIC SEAS II -Applying a sub-regional coherent and coordinated approach to the monitoring and assessment of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia for the second cycle of the MSFD Final Technical Report -WP1-Monitoring Programs and Data gathering. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.17231.10407].The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated. In the published article, there was an error in Supplementary [Tables 2 and3] as published. [All the information related to the MISTIC SEAS II project was deleted]. The correct material statement appears below.The corrected [Supplementary The corrected [Supplementary Table 3] and its caption appear below. June July August September October November December Total Family Ziphiidae Ziphius cavirostris 1 1 1 2 5Mesoplodon densirostris1 1 2 2 8Mesoplodon europaeus 1 1 Kogia sima 1 1 Physeter macrocephalus The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.1 In the published article, there was an error. [All the information related to the MISTIC SEAS II project was deleted]. The corrected sentence appears below:The entire paragraph was deleted. "[From a total of 1,945 sightings, 18 species of cetaceans were recorded: 14 odontocetes and 4 mysticetes (Supplementary Table 2). The most frequently sighted species for the sub-order Odontoceti were G. macrorhynchus, T. truncatus, and S. frontalis, with sightings of 605, 549, and 316, respectively, forming 31.11, 28.23, and 16.25% of the total, respectively. The most frequently sighted species for the sub-order Mysticeti was Balaenoptera edeni, which was sighted on 95 occasions, representing 4.88% of the total number of cetacean sightings in the Canary Islands (Supplementary Table 2).]" The corrected sentence appears below: "[From a total of 1,688 sightings, 18 species of cetaceans were recorded: 14 odontocetes and 4 mysticetes (Supplementary Table 2). The most frequently sighted species for the sub-order Odontoceti were Globicephala macrorhynchus, Tursiops truncatus, and Stenella frontalis, with sightings of 529, 492, and 243, respectively, forming 31.34%, 29.15%, and 14.40% of the total, respectively. The most frequently sighted species for the sub-order Mysticeti was Balaenoptera edeni, which was sighted on 86 occasions, representing 5.09% of the total number of cetacean sightings in the Canary Islands (Supplementary Table 2).]" "[Globicephala macrorhynchus In the case of the short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus), it was observed that this species is mainly distributed outside the FranjaMarina of Mogán, in the existing SACs in the La Palma and La Gomera islands. In the SAC called Franja Marina de Teno-Rasca (southwest of Tenerife), most individuals were observed inside that protected area (Figure 7).]"The corrected sentence appears below:"[Globicephala macrorhynchusIn the case of the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), it was observed that this species is mainly distributed outside the Franja Marina of Mogán, whereas in the SAC Franja Marina de Teno-Rasca (southwest of Tenerife), most individuals were observed inside that protected area, and very few were sighted in the existing SACs of the southwestern coast of La Palma island. (Figure 7).]" "[The presence of the Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) was observed practically around all eight main Canary Islands, with more sightings to the southwest of the island of Gran Canaria, inside and especially outside the SAC of Franja Marina of Mogán; they were also abundantly observed to the west of La Palma in and outside of the SAC of Franja Marina of Fuencaliente (Figure 9).]"