Table 4.
Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of spatial genetic variation in common sardine for eight microsatellite loci *
| Structure tested | Source of variation | F Statistics | Variance | Percentage of variation | P |
| (Dakhla, Tantan, Safi, Larache, Quarteira, Pasajes, Nador, Barcelona, Kavala) | FST = 0.005 | 0.00 | |||
| (Dakhla, Tantan, Safi, Larache, Quarteira, Nador, Barcelona, Kavala) vs. (Pasajes) | Among groups | FCT = 0.00 | 0.002 | 0.05 | 0.44 |
| Within groups | FSC = 0.005 | 0.020 | 0.54 | 0.00 | |
| Within populations | FST = 0.005 | 3.660 | 99.51 | 0.00 | |
| (Dakhla, Tantan, Safi, Larache, Quarteira, Pasajes) vs. (Nador, Barcelona, Kavala) | Among groups | FCT = 0.006 | 0.005 | 0.13 | 0.07 |
| Within groups | FSC = 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.47 | 0.00 | |
| Within populations | FST = 0.001 | 3.657 | 99.41 | 0.00 | |
| (Dakhla, Tantan, Safi, Larache, Quarteira) vs. (Nador, Barcelona, Kavala) | Among groups | FCT = 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.16 | 0.05 |
| Within groups | FSC = 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.46 | 0.00 | |
| Within populations | FST = 0.006 | 3.653 | 99.38 | 0.00 |
* Bold P numbers are significant values.