Table 3 Descriptive statistics of mean body size (Log ML) for the 16 biogeographical units

Data

n

4

6

8

13

21

14

10

10

10

15

25

22

21

31

11

17

Log transformed data (Log ML)

Min

1.95

1.78

1.30

1.32

1.41

1.90

1.48

1.94

1.85

1.65

1.70

1.78

1.78

1.57

1.66

1.62

Max

2.69

2.70

2.46

2.46

2.70

2.63

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.75

2.75

Mean

2.24

2.13

1.81

1.79

2.08

2.15

2.14

2.20

2.21

2.16

2.12

2.17

2.19

2.01

2.07

2.07

Median

2.16

2.04

1.86

1.85

2.10

2.12

2.12

2.12

2.15

2.11

2.08

2.13

2.18

2.00

2.08

2.13

SD

0.32

0.32

0.39

0.38

0.31

0.23

0.37

0.26

0.29

0.26

0.25

0.28

0.26

0.27

0.33

0.27

Skewness

1.25

1.30

0.30

0.23

0.18

0.87

− 0.05

1.27

0.57

0.60

0.77

0.32

0.40

0.68

0.63

0.55

Kurtosis

1.46

2.07

− 0.54

− 1.02

0.28

0.10

− 0.10

0.43

− 0.75

1.26

0.32

− 0.86

− 0.75

0.57

0.42

1.29