Ecological Archives E087-187-A8

Deborah Austin, W. Don Bowen, Jim I. McMillan, and Sara J. Iverson. 2006. Linking movement, diving, and habitat to foraging success in a large marine predator. Ecology 87:3095–3108.

Appendix H. Results from a GLMM to predict number of feeding events per 24-h time bin. Includes the Akaike’s Information Criteria (AICc), the delta AICci) and the Akaike weights (wi). Best fitting models are given in bold print.

ID

Model

df

AICc

Δi

wi

1

Mean depth (m)

178

728.78

66.09

0.00

2

Mean dive duration (min)

178

711.89

49.20

0.00

3

Mean bottom time (min)

178

716.81

54.12

0.00

4

% square shapedd dives

178

736.82

74.13

0.00

5

% v-shaped dives

178

698.06

35.37

0.00

6

Travel rate (km/h)

178

693.94

31.25

0.00

7

Distance (km)

178

668.83

6.14

0.03

8

Bathymetry (m)

178

724.05

61.36

0.00

9

Bottom temperature (ºC)

178

716.69

54.00

0.00

10

Prevalence of muddy gravel

178

736.24

73.55

0.00

11

Prevalence of clay, sandy silt

178

733.56

70.87

0.00

12

Prevalence of mud, sand, with gravel

178

740.70

78.01

0.00

13

Prevalence of silty clay

178

734.70

72.01

0.00

14

Prevalence of  clean, well-sorted sand/gravel

178

742.82

80.13

0.00

15

Mean bout duration (h)

178

727.94

65.25

0.00

16

Angular deviation

178

733.21

70.52

0.00

17

Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives

177

709.93

47.24

0.00

18

Mean dive duration (min) + distance traveled (km)

177

681.34

18.65

0.00

19

Mean dive duration (min) + bathymetry (m)

177

728.71

66.02

0.00

20

Mean dive duration (min) + bottom temperature (ºC)

177

725.84

63.15

0.00

21

% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km)

177

662.69

0.00

0.75

22

% v-shaped dives + bathymetry (m)

177

697.45

34.76

0.00

23

% v-shaped dives +  bottom temperature (ºC)

177

701.02

38.33

0.00

24

Distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m)

177

669.98

7.29

0.02

25

Distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC)

177

673.37

10.68

0.00

26

Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km)

176

678.95

16.26

0.00

27

Bathymetry (m) + bottom temperature (ºC)

176

720.55

57.86

0.00

28

Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives + bathymetry (m)

176

711.31

48.62

0.00

29

Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives +  bottom temperature (ºC)

176

711.53

48.84

0.00

30

% v-shaped dives + distance traveled  (km) + bathymetry (m)

176

666.54

3.85

0.11

31

Mean dive duration (min) + distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m)

176

681.89

19.20

0.00

32

Mean dive duration (min) + distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC)

176

684.85

22.16

0.00

33

% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC)

176

667.47

4.78

0.07

34

% v-shaped dives  + bathymetry (m) + bottom temperature (ºC)

176

702.03

39.34

0.00

35

Distance traveled (km) + mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives  + bathymetry (m)

176

676.99

14.30

0.00

36

Mean dive duration (min) + distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m) + % v-shaped dives

175

681.91

19.22

0.00

37

Mean dive duration (min) + distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC) + bathymetry (m)

175

686.80

24.11

0.00

38

Mean dive duration (min) + bathymetry (m) + % v-shaped dives+ bottom temperature (ºC)

175

717.10

54.41

0.00

39

% v-shaped dives+ bottom temperature (ºC) +  distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m)

175

671.81

9.12

0.01

40

% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC) + mean dive duration (min)

175

682.34

19.65

0.00

41

Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives+ bottom temperature (ºC) +  distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m)

174

686.92

24.23

0.00



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