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Table 3 Number for buzzes, median buzz distance, tag placement and detection rate for different model fits with each narwhal used as test data and the remainder as training set. Detection rate refers to observations having a positive prediction in a 2/30-s window

From: Detecting narwhal foraging behaviour from accelerometer and depth data using mixed-effects logistic regression

Whale as test

2014MM6

2016MM1

2016MM3

2017MM1

2017MM3

2018MM1

2018MM2

2018MM4

2018MM5

2018MM6

No. of buzzes

4301

4587

2798

1979

7119

615

132

499

905

2497

Median buzz dist.

6

10

18

6

7

18

22

17

9

9

Tag placement

Left

Right

Right

Right

Right

Left

Right

Left

Left

Left

Detection rate 2s

0.27

0.83

0.60

0.32

0.29

0.31

0.35

0.60

0.73

0.45

Detection rate 30s

0.72

0.99

0.82

0.88

0.74

0.55

0.69

0.79

0.95

0.87