Table 1 Percent deviance explained (DE) by term for each species model.

Atlantic spotted dolphin (summer)

3.59

2.52

3.43

6.66

16.2

Beaked whale, Cuvier’s (summer)

1.13

11.08

10.92

4.08

6.79

34.0

Beaked whale, Sowerby’s (summer)

6.49

1.09

3.54

22.96

7.02

41.1

Beaked whale group (summer)

0.80

13.64

23.11

0.56

38.1

Common bottlenose dolphin (spring, summer, fall and winter)

0.4

3.11

1.02

0.19

1.48

2.88

13.22

22.3

Fin whale

7.86

0.98

15.79

10.06

34.7

Harbour porpoise (spring)

2.60

40.87

4.39

2.03

49.9

Harbour porpoise (summer)

1.48

4.70

60.17

2.95

69.3

Harbour porpoise (fall)

2.62

10.80

42.97

10.21

66.6

Humpback whale

9.14

6.48

0.65

9.97

5.66

31.9

Dwarf/Pygmy sperm whale group (summer)

1.41

0.57

28.27

0.80

2.65

33.7

Minke whale

5.88

9.59

4.51

10.70

5.65

3.57

39.9

Short/Long-finned pilot whale group

5.76

11.97

6.53

10.21

21.73

56.2

Risso’s dolphin

6.12

5.67

6.39

20.25

11.16

49.6

Sei whale

20.18

3.69

24.76

3.87

52.5

Common dolphin

14.53

9.39

10.53

7.64

42.1

Sperm whale

7.24

10.07

5.35

1.35

9.49

33.5

Striped dolphin (summer)

6.79

41.52

1.39

3.12

52.8

White-sided dolphin

4.38

2.63

2.90

1.02

7.57

18.5