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Table 4 Difference between the total number of observed and predicted buzzes per dive for each segment duration, in terms of absolute value and percentage of segments Median and standard deviation (shown in brackets) values were obtained from the sensitivity analysis with 100 model runs

From: Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data

Data type

Segment duration

Absolute difference nº buzzes/dive

|observed – predicted|

% Absolute difference

|observed – predicted|

Nº observed

buzzes

per dive

Nº segments per dive

All dive data

30 s

9 (7.88)

100 (46.05)

10 (7.41)

105 (94.41)

60 s

6 (7.97)

73 (57.96)

10 (7.38)

57 (49.20)

180 s

4 (4.76)

30 (96.05)

10 (7.35)

17 (16.31)

300 s

3 (4.71)

25 (82.41)

11 (7.32)

12 (9.17)

Bottom phase data

30 s

9 (5.55)

100 (43.74)

10 (5.64)

70 (56.34)

60 s

7 (5.08)

83 (66.85)

10 (5.58)

36 (28.68)

180 s

4 (3.33)

37 (112.90)

11 (5.86)

12 (10.81)

300 s

4 (3.46)

36 (127.78)

11 (5.68)

8 (6.35)