# Distinctive, fine-scale distribution of Eastern Caribbean sperm whale vocal clans reflects island fidelity rather than environmental variables --- ChartPlotter_FULL : Data used for the Presence/Absence, EC1 and EC2 habitat models. GPS coordinates of reserach vessel with associated time, spemr whale sightings (if applicable) and environmental parameters. ChartPlotter_VCLAN: Data used for the Vocal clan habitat model. GPS coordinates of reserach vessel with associated time and environmental parameters (only sperm whale presence datapoints). R code: Code used to run habitat models based on code from Pirotta et al.2011 (Modelling sperm whale habitat preference: a novel approach combining transect and follow data) and Eguiguren et al.2019 (Habitat use of culturally distinct Galápagos sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus clans) (Refer to main text for Methods and references) ## Description of the Data and file structure (See Table S1 for data reference and additional information) ID: Sequential number on Excel datasheet dateLOCAL: Date and time in Eastenr Caribbean lat: Latitude long: Longitude survey: Research survey number. 1-4 are in 2019, 5-8 are in 2020. Pres: Presence of sperm whale 0: no 1:yes (this was changed in the EC1 and EC2 models) Line_Id: Blocking variable (geeGLM) encNUM_audio: Sperm whale encounter number (sequential) clan: Vocal clan of spemr whale encounter (if applicable) GEBCO_depth: Depth Slope_deg: Slope dist_canyon: Distance to the nearest geomorphic feature canyon dist_escarp: Distance to the nearest geomorphic feature escarpment dist_abyss: Distance to the nearest geomorphic feature abyss dist_shelf: Distance to the nearest geomorphic feature shelf Ecurr: Eastward current speed Ncurr: Northward current speed Zvelv: Zonal velocity variance Mvelv: Meridional velocity variance Inflow: Inflow from nearest channel Channel: Distance to center of nearest channel ChannelID: Name of closest channel Island: Name of closest island Chla: Chlorophyll-a concentration ## Sharing/access Information Data and R code also available a supplementary material. ## Please email corresponding author Felicia Vachon at: fvachon@dal.ca for any questions. ## R code references: Pirotta, E., Matthiopoulos, J., MacKenzie, M., Scott-Hayward, L., & Rendell, L. (2011). Modelling sperm whale habitat preference: A novel approach combining transect and follow data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 436, 257–272. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09236 Eguiguren, A., Pirotta, E., Cantor, M., Rendell, L., & Whitehead, H. (2019). Habitat use of culturally distinct Galápagos sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus clans. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 609, 257–270. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12822