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Table 2 Comparison of Cox regression models that include and do not include the effect of water temperature

From: Tag attachment success can be temperature dependent: a case study of the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus

Tagging component

Parameter estimates

 

SE

df

χ 2

P

Model A

 Tag presence (Implantation or Untagged)

Implantation

1.148

0.421

1

8.277

0.004*

 Water temperature condition (warm or cold)

Warm

2.044

0.723

1

10.550

0.001*

 Duration of tag deployments (s)

 

−0.007

0.006

1

1.781

0.182

 Duration of anaesthesia (s)

 

0.003

0.003

1

1.544

0.214

 Body mass (g)

 

−0.003

0.004

1

0.632

0.426

Model B

 Tag presence (Implantation or untagged)

Implantation

0.304

0.291

1

1.128

0.288

 Duration of tag deployments (s)

 

0.004

0.004

1

1.332

0.248

 Duration of anaesthesia (s)

 

−0.004

0.002

1

7.509

0.006*

 Body mass (g)

 

−0.005

0.004

1

1.451

0.228

  1. * Statistically significant P < 0.05