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. 2021 May 24;9:26. doi: 10.1186/s40462-021-00248-8

Table 2.

Definitions and formulae for each predictor variable measured through the accelerometer data

Variable Formula Definition
Static acceleration Filtered 0.06, 0.6 1 s means for static acceleration representing body posture in each axis
Dynamic acceleration Raw (g) – Static (g) 1 s means for dynamic acceleration representing body movement in each axis
Vector of Dynamic Body Acceleration √Dynamic (X axis)2 + Dynamic (Y axis)2 + Dynamic (Z axis)2 Square root of the sum of squares of absolute dynamic body acceleration in each axis
Cycle Cycle for the dominant frequency obtained through the continuous wavelet transformation generated spectrogram. Represents the inverse of tail-beat frequencies.
Amplitude Amplitude for the dominant frequency obtained through the continuous wavelet transformation generated spectrogram.
Pitch atan(X axis/(sqrt(Z axis*Z axis) + (Y axis)*(Y axis))) *180/pi Body inclination of the fish [64] during ascending (+) or descending (−)
Roll atan2(Z axis, Y axis)*180/Pi Spinning movements of an individual around the main axis of the fish [53]. Absolute values for roll were used to alleviate influence of roll direction.
Standard deviation Standard deviation of static and dynamic acceleration, VeDBA, pitch and roll in each axis.
Skewness A measure of the symmetry of the variable
Kurtosis A measure of the tail shape of the variable
Minimum Minimum value of static and dynamic acceleration, VeDBA, pitch and roll in each 1 s increment
Maximum Maximum value of static and dynamic acceleration, VeDBA, pitch and roll in each 1 s increment