Table 6.

Results of Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) tests of differences between pairs of fish length density distributions sampled by region and depth strata.

Aprion virescens			Caranx melampygus		Caranx ignobilis		Carcharhinus galapagensis		Triaenodon obesus
Region, Depth Strata	D Statistic	P	D Statistic	P	D Statistic	P	D Statistic	P	D Statistic	P
MHI, NWHI (Totals)	0.4465	0.0014	0.4915	0.0014	0.6341	0.0092	—	—	—	—
MHI 0–30 m, MHI 30–100 m	0.3571	0.5412	0.7200	0.0007	—	—	—	—	—	—
MHI 0–30 m, NWHI 0–30 m	0.7143	0.0094	0.6400	0.0026	—	—	—	—	—	—
MHI 0–30 m, NWHI 30–100 m	0.6717	0.0082	0.7200	0.0002	—	—	—	—	—	—
MHI 30–100 m, NWHI 0–30 m	0.4841	0.0213	0.4167	0.2719	0.4444	0.1745	—	—	—	—
MHI 30–100 m, NWHI 30–100 m	0.4019	0.0299	0.4610	0.1457	1.0000	<0.0001	—	—	—	—
NWHI 0–30 m, NWHI 30–100 m	0.3202	0.1020	0.4167	0.2119	0.6296	0.0013	1.0000	<0.0001	0.5000	0.2562

Bonferroni corrections were applied to for multiple depth comparisons (Aprion virescens and Caranx melampygus, α = 0.0083; Caranx ignobilis, α = 0.017). Values in bold are significant at <0.05.