Appendix E. Results from a GLMM to predict number of feeding events per 3-h time bin. 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 depth (m) |
841 |
3656.44 |
35.98 |
0.00 |
2 |
Mean dive duration (min) |
841 |
3678.01 |
57.55 |
0.00 |
3 |
Mean bottom time (min) |
841 |
3661.79 |
41.33 |
0.00 |
4 |
% square shapedd dives |
841 |
3699.81 |
79.35 |
0.00 |
5 |
% v-shaped dives |
841 |
3671.32 |
50.86 |
0.00 |
6 |
Travel rate (km/h) |
841 |
3639.21 |
18.75 |
0.00 |
7 |
Distance (km) |
841 |
3630.53 |
10.07 |
0.00 |
8 |
Bathymetry (m) |
841 |
3684.33 |
63.87 |
0.00 |
9 |
Bottom temperature (ºC) |
841 |
3665.15 |
44.69 |
0.00 |
10 |
Prevalence of muddy gravel |
841 |
3761.14 |
140.68 |
0.00 |
11 |
Prevalence of clay, sandy silt |
841 |
3690.87 |
70.41 |
0.00 |
12 |
Prevalence of mud, sand, with gravel |
841 |
3690.19 |
69.73 |
0.00 |
13 |
Prevalence of silty clay |
841 |
3688.33 |
67.87 |
0.00 |
14 |
Prevalence of clean, well-sorted sand/gravel |
841 |
3686.95 |
66.49 |
0.00 |
15 |
Mean bout duration (h) |
841 |
3691.00 |
70.54 |
0.00 |
16 |
Angular deviation |
841 |
3692.31 |
71.85 |
0.00 |
17 |
Mean depth (m) + mean bottom time (min) |
840 |
3643.96 |
23.50 |
0.00 |
18 |
Mean depth (m) + distance traveled (km) |
840 |
3632.52 |
12.06 |
0.00 |
19 |
Mean bottom time (min) + distance traveled (km) |
840 |
3620.70 |
0.24 |
0.47 |
20 |
Mean depth (m) + mean bottom time (min) + distance traveled (km) |
839 |
3620.46 |
0.00 |
0.53 |