Table 3. Summary for the Linear Mixed Effects (LME) models used to identify the influence of prey type on the pursuit time, handling time, gross energy intake, total energy expenditure and prey profitability for female Australian fur seals instrumented with video data loggers during the austral winter (May–August) between 2008–2017.

The reference prey group is ‘Benthic – Cephalopods’.

Model	Covariates	Est.	SE	t value	Pr (>∣t∣)
log(Pursuit time) ∼ Prey type	(Intercept)	3.73	0.19	20.15	<0.001
	Benthic - Elasmobranchs	0.77	0.32	2.40	0.017
	Benthic - Solitary fish	−1.82	0.18	−9.95	<0.001
	Benthic - Unknown	−2.11	0.18	−11.46	<0.001
	Demersal - Baitfish	−1.85	0.34	−5.38	<0.001
	Pelagic - Baitfish	−2.84	0.27	−10.51	<0.001
	Pelagic - Solitary fish	−1.94	0.24	−7.90	<0.001
log(Handling time) ∼ Prey type	(Intercept)	0.48	0.21	2.26	0.024
	Benthic - Elasmobranchs	0.43	0.32	1.37	0.172
	Benthic - Solitary fish	1.04	0.20	5.33	<0.001
	Benthic - Unknown	0.68	0.20	3.47	0.001
	Demersal - Baitfish	0.69	0.25	2.80	0.005
	Pelagic - Baitfish	1.92	0.23	8.50	<0.001
	Pelagic - Solitary fish	0.63	0.25	2.58	0.010
log(Energy gain) ∼  Prey type	(Intercept)	7.31	0.26	28.53	<0.001
	Benthic - Elasmobranchs	−2.05	0.37	−5.59	<0.001
	Benthic - Solitary fish	−1.29	0.27	−4.81	<0.001
	Demersal - Baitfish	−0.54	0.33	−1.66	0.099
	Pelagic - Baitfish	−0.74	0.27	−2.69	0.009
	Pelagic –Solitary fish	−1.43	0.32	−4.53	<0.001
log(Energy expended) ∼  Prey type	(Intercept)	3.17	0.29	10.98	<0.001
	Benthic - Elasmobranchs	−0.15	0.41	−0.37	0.712
	Benthic - Solitary fish	−0.94	0.31	−3.11	0.003
	Demersal - Baitfish	−0.14	0.37	−0.38	0.702
	Pelagic - Baitfish	0.46	0.31	1.48	0.142
	Pelagic –Solitary fish	−1.83	0.36	−5.13	<0.001
log(Profitability) ∼  Prey type	(Intercept)	2.98	0.30	9.88	<0.001
	Benthic - Elasmobranchs	−1.85	0.42	−4.39	<0.001
	Benthic - Solitary fish	−0.18	0.31	−0.59	0.555
	Demersal - Baitfish	0.14	0.37	0.37	0.711
	Pelagic - Baitfish	0.20	0.31	0.63	0.533
	Pelagic –Solitary fish	0.72	0.36	1.98	0.051