The effect of ecological groupings, of sample sizes (n), of sampling region (sample) and of geographical transect (dist) on the distribution of parameter values estimated from cyt b.

GLM Formula describes the design of each Generalised Linear Model (genetic data were fitted against eco-group, sample size (n), biogeographic provinces (sample) and distance of sampling transect (dist), AICglm1—AIC score for GLM incorporating the eco-group parameter, AICglm0—AIC score of the null model, ΔAIC—difference in AIC values between the two models, P—p value of the ANOVA F test, WMW—provides p-values of Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for differences between pelagic and benthic groups. For the codes of the parameters see Table 2 and for sample sizes see S1 Table.The effect of ecological groupings, of sample sizes (n), of sampling region (sample) and of geographical transect (dist) on the distribution of parameter values estimated from cyt b.