Table 4.

Parasitological traits (tA, LCI and endoA) for black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster from the Mar Menor coastal lagoon. The results are (adjusted) means ± SD, reported per category (level) of genetic diversity. F-ratios, degrees of freedom and significance levels (p-values) are presented, after ANCOVA (covariate: eBM, see Data Analyses for details). Lower-case superscript letters indicate significant differences between categories (Tukey’s HSD test: p < 0.05).

S. abaster	Low	Medium	High	F 2,236	p-Value
tA (number of specimens)	17.7 ± 8.68	22.9 ± 9.37	18.5 ± 8.36	2.59	0.077
LCI (range: 1–3 host species)	b 1.57 ± 0.685	a 1.99 ± 0.701	b 1.56 ± 0.806	3.92	0.021
S. abaster	Low	Medium	High	F 2,201	p-Value
endoA (number of specimens)	b 12.2 ± 8.28	a 20.7 ± 9.01	b 11.9 ± 8.13	3.81	0.024