Appendix G. Results from a GLMM to predict number of feeding events per 12-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) |
285 |
1224.8 |
130.37 |
0.00 |
2 |
Mean dive duration (min) |
285 |
1159.9 |
65.47 |
0.00 |
3 |
Mean bottom time (min) |
285 |
1167.09 |
72.66 |
0.00 |
4 |
% square shapedd dives |
285 |
1196.71 |
102.28 |
0.00 |
5 |
% v-shaped dives |
285 |
1147.59 |
53.16 |
0.00 |
6 |
Travel rate (km/h) |
285 |
1122.21 |
27.78 |
0.00 |
7 |
Distance (km) |
285 |
1103.02 |
8.59 |
0.01 |
8 |
Bathymetry (m) |
285 |
1154.76 |
60.33 |
0.00 |
9 |
Bottom temperature (ºC) |
285 |
1151.52 |
57.09 |
0.00 |
10 |
Prevalence of muddy gravel |
285 |
1181.04 |
86.61 |
0.00 |
11 |
Prevalence of clay, sandy silt |
285 |
1178.33 |
83.90 |
0.00 |
12 |
Prevalence of mud, sand, with gravel |
285 |
1184.01 |
89.58 |
0.00 |
13 |
Prevalence of silty clay |
285 |
1179.83 |
85.40 |
0.00 |
14 |
Prevalence of clean, well-sorted sand/gravel |
285 |
1180.67 |
86.24 |
0.00 |
15 |
Mean bout duration (h) |
285 |
1176.37 |
81.94 |
0.00 |
16 |
Angular deviation |
285 |
1169.10 |
74.67 |
0.00 |
17 |
Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives |
284 |
1143.25 |
48.81 |
0.00 |
18 |
Mean dive duration (min) + distance traveled (km) |
284 |
1100.70 |
6.26 |
0.02 |
19 |
Mean dive duration (min) + bathymetry (m) |
284 |
1152.68 |
58.24 |
0.00 |
20 |
Mean dive duration (min) + bottom temperature (ºC) |
284 |
1151.93 |
57.49 |
0.00 |
21 |
% v-shaped dives + distance traveled |
284 |
1142.05 |
47.61 |
0.00 |
22 |
% v-shaped dives + bathymetry (m) |
284 |
1106.76 |
12.32 |
0.00 |
23 |
% v-shaped dives + bottom temperature (ºC) |
284 |
1110.36 |
15.92 |
0.00 |
24 |
Distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m) |
284 |
1095.22 |
0.78 |
0.38 |
25 |
Distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC) |
284 |
1137.99 |
43.55 |
0.00 |
26 |
Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) |
283 |
1144.33 |
49.89 |
0.00 |
27 |
Mean dive duration (min) + |
283 |
1094.44 |
0.00 |
0.57 |
28 |
Mean dive duration (min) + % v-shaped dives + bottom temperature (ºC) |
283 |
1139.62 |
45.18 |
0.00 |
29 |
% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) + bathymetry (m) |
283 |
1128.78 |
34.34 |
0.00 |
30 |
% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC) |
283 |
1103.64 |
9.20 |
0.01 |
31 |
% v-shaped dives + distance traveled (km) + bottom temperature (ºC) + mean dive duration (min) |
282 |
1102.58 |
8.14 |
0.01 |