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. 2020 Oct 19;10:17710. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73579-y

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.