Summary of the environmental variables for used for developing habitat models in these tropical waters, as well as their oceanographic interpretation.

<p>Dynamic variables included Chlorophyll <i>a</i> concentration (Chloa), sea surface temperature (SST), sea level anomaly (SLA) and their spatial gradients (grad).</p><p>Static variables included distance to the colony (DCol), bathymetry (Bathy) and its spatial gradient.</p><p>Summary of the environmental variables for used for developing habitat models in these tropical waters, as well as their oceanographic interpretation.