Table 4.

Two-factor MANOVA comparing individual genetic distances (MHC p-distance and microsatellite repeat distance) and fork lengths between the different infection status of juvenile Atlantic salmon (infected or uninfected) and among the different sampling periods during summer (June, July and August). (MHC p-distance was calculated either on all polymorphic sites or on PBR only. The p-values indicate significance in the univariate tests for each dependent variable compared between infected and uninfected fish (infection status) and among sampling periods (period). s.d., standard deviation. Values in bold represent significant tests.)

dependent variable	infected fish (±s.d.)	uninfected fish (±s.d.)	p-value (infection status)	p-value (period)
MHC p-distance polymorphic sites	0.11±0.009	0.09±0.003	0.068	0.964
MHC p-distance PBR sites	0.30±0.03	0.24±0.007	0.019	0.699
microsatellite repeat distance	4.42±0.25	4.48±0.07	0.829	0.889
fork length	8.67±0.24	9.13±0.07	0.070	0.008