Appendix A. Results from GLMM with dive parameters predictive of the number of feeding events per bout (n = 16). Includes the Akaike’s Information Criteria (AICc), the delta AICc (Δi) and the Akaike weights (wi). Best fitting models are given in bold print.
ID |
Model |
df |
AICc |
Δi |
wi |
1 |
Mean bottom time (min) |
726 |
3249.48 |
0 |
0.841 |
2 |
Mean depth (m) |
726 |
3298.07 |
48.59 |
0.000 |
3 |
Mean dive duration (min)* |
726 |
3252.81 |
3.33 |
0.159 |
4 |
Mean bout length (h) |
726 |
3290.61 |
41.13 |
0.000 |
5 |
% square shaped dives |
726 |
3314.26 |
64.78 |
0.000 |
6 |
% v-shaped dives |
726 |
3395.91 |
146.43 |
0.000 |
7 |
Mean bottom time (min) + % square shaped dives |
725 |
3282.10 |
31.54 |
0.000 |
8 |
Mean bottom time (min) + % v-shaped dives |
725 |
3352.76 |
102.20 |
0.000 |
* Mean dive duration is strongly correlated with mean bottom time (P < 0.001).