Table 2.
Summary results of the Linear Mixed Effects models and Generalised Additive Mixed effects Models used to assess the effects of local-scale environmental conditions on the trip duration, benthic dive duration, benthic dive rate, proportion of time spent diving, proportion of benthic diving, Foraging Trip Success Index (FTSI) and Foraging Trip Efficiency Index (FTEI).
| Response variable | Covariate | Parametric coefficients | Approximate significance of smooth terms | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Est | SE | df | t-value | edf | F | |||
| Dive duration (s) | (Intercept) | 5.11 | 0.01 | 947 | 609.59 | < 0.001 | ||
| IOD | 3.45 | 10.84 | < 0.001 | |||||
| IOD2 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.901 | |||||
| SAM | 3.98 | 25.53 | < 0.001 | |||||
| SAM1 | 1.00 | 31.64 | < 0.001 | |||||
| SAM2 | 1.00 | 25.25 | < 0.001 | |||||
| SOI | 1.00 | 5.97 | 0.015 | |||||
| SOI1 | 1.00 | 14.29 | < 0.001 | |||||
| SOI2 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.894 | |||||
| Vertical dive rate (m s−1) | (Intercept) | 7.69 | 0.02 | 947 | 456.46 | < 0.001 | ||
| IOD | 1.00 | 14.06 | < 0.001 | |||||
| IOD2 | 1.00 | 1.26 | 0.262 | |||||
| SOI | 1.00 | 0.18 | 0.671 | |||||
| Trip duration (h) | (Intercept) | 3.85 | 0.10 | 828 | 37.94 | < 0.001 | ||
| SAM1 | 0.27 | 0.14 | 828 | 1.89 | 0.059 | |||
| SOI | − 0.02 | 0.01 | 828 | − 1.76 | 0.080 | |||
| Proportion of time spent diving | (Intercept) | 0.43 | 0.02 | 827 | 27.22 | < 0.001 | ||
| IOD2 | − 0.08 | 0.04 | 827 | − 1.79 | 0.074 | |||
| SAM | 0.03 | 0.02 | 827 | 1.67 | 0.095 | |||
| SOI1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 827 | 2.42 | 0.016 | |||
| Foraging Trip Success Index | (Intercept) | 3.84 | 0.24 | 828 | 16.31 | < 0.001 | ||
| IOD | 2.19 | 0.71 | 828 | 3.08 | 0.002 | |||
| SOI2 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 828 | 2.98 | 0.003 | |||
| Foraging Trip Efficiency Index | (Intercept) | 0.56 | 0.02 | 829 | 28.88 | < 0.001 | ||
| IOD2 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 829 | 1.58 | 0.115 | |||
Est estimated parametric coefficient, SE estimated standard error of parametric coefficients.