Table 2. Distribution Parameters.

M. cavernosa population distribution parameters including site name, depth (m), geometric mean surface area (μ; cm²), skewness (g₁), kurtosis (g₂), standard deviation (SD), maximum colony surface area (95%; cm²), the probability that the populations is from a normal distribution (Pnorm), and the sample size (n) for each site surveyed and for all shallow sites and all mesophotic sites combined.

Site	Depth	μ	g1	g2	SD	95%	Pnorm	n
Rita/XL	10	2508	-0.638	0.497	0.834	16343	0.042	26
Coopers	10	1731	0.389	-0.369	0.518	8836	0.012	12
Spittal	10	1503	-0.535	-0.281	0.457	5655	0.006	21
Tuckers	10	1991	-1.904	4.283	0.737	5284	0.000	6
Devonshire	10	1808	-0.154	-1.161	0.555	7697	0.005	29
Hungry Bay	10	2145	0.046	-1.052	0.617	13586	0.010	31
Rita/XL	45	522	-0.755	0.992	0.687	7697	0.009	62
Coopers	45	330	-0.763	0.630	0.555	2389	0.010	66
Spittal	45	639	-0.304	-0.178	0.709	3927	0.043	36
Tuckers	45	349	-1.088	0.945	0.767	3041	0.031	58
Devonshire	45	322	-0.260	0.004	0.749	2513	0.152	96
Hungry Bay	45	441	-0.614	0.273	0.719	2513	0.078	108
Shallow	10	1933	-0.499	0.452	0.620	16343	0.000	125
Deep	45	434	-0.627	0.369	0.713	7697	0.000	426