Appendix F. Results from a GLMM to predict number of feeding events per 6-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) |
464 |
1957.06 |
65.47 |
0.00 |
2 |
Mean dive duration (min) |
464 |
1981.76 |
90.17 |
0.00 |
3 |
Mean bottom time (min) |
464 |
1973.30 |
81.71 |
0.00 |
4 |
% square shapedd dives |
464 |
2015.93 |
124.34 |
0.00 |
5 |
% v-shaped dives |
464 |
1961.00 |
69.41 |
0.00 |
6 |
Travel rate (km/h) |
464 |
1915.61 |
24.02 |
0.00 |
7 |
Distance (km) |
464 |
1900.41 |
8.82 |
0.01 |
8 |
Bathymetry (m) |
464 |
1971.97 |
80.38 |
0.00 |
9 |
Bottom temperature (ºC) |
464 |
1967.48 |
75.89 |
0.00 |
10 |
Prevalence of muddy gravel |
464 |
1991.92 |
100.33 |
0.00 |
11 |
Prevalence of clay, sandy silt |
464 |
1993.13 |
101.54 |
0.00 |
12 |
Prevalence of mud, sand, with gravel |
464 |
1989.10 |
97.51 |
0.00 |
13 |
Prevalence of silty clay |
464 |
1989.50 |
97.91 |
0.00 |
14 |
Prevalence of clean, well-sorted sand/gravel |
464 |
1989.85 |
98.26 |
0.00 |
15 |
Mean bout duration (h) |
464 |
1991.60 |
100.01 |
0.00 |
16 |
Angular deviation |
464 |
1993.62 |
102.03 |
0.00 |
17 |
Meandepth (m) + % v-shaped dives |
463 |
1947.04 |
55.45 |
0.00 |
18 |
Mean depth (m) + distance traveled (km) |
463 |
1915.35 |
23.76 |
0.00 |
19 |
% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) |
463 |
1891.59 |
0.00 |
0.99 |
20 |
Mean depth (m) + % v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) |
462 |
1912.93 |
21.34 |
0.00 |