Table 5. Pocillopora damicornis population genetic survey (sorted by FST).
| Locations | Scale (km) | FST | FIS | Clones | Marker | Reference |
| GBR (One Tree Island) | 5 | 0.04* | 0.23 | 18% | Allozymes (7 loci) | Ayre & Miller 2004 |
| GBR (One Tree Island) | 1 | 0.05* | 0.03- | 13% | Allozymes (5 loci) | Benzie et al. 1995 |
| GBR (One Tree Island) | 5 | 0.06* | 0.11* | 17% | Allozymes (8 loci) | Sherman et al. 2006 |
| GBR | 1200 | 0.06* | 0.28* | 20% | Allozymes (7 loci) | Ayre et al. 1997 |
| Japan (Okinawa) | 650 | 0.06* | 0.18* | 39% | Allozymes (7 loci) | Adjeroud & Tsuchiya ‘99 |
| Northwest Australia | 900 | 0.08* | 0.18 | 85% | Allozymes (6 loci) | Whitaker 2006 |
| Lord Howe Island | 10 | 0.10* | 0.17 | 28% | Allozymes (7 loci) | Miller & Ayre 2004 |
| Lord Howe Island to GBR | 2500 | 0.15* | N/A | N/A | Allozymes (7 loci) | Ayre & Hughes 2004 |
| Southeast Australia to GBR | 1200 | 0.24* | 0.44 | 49% | Allozymes (8 loci) | Miller & Ayre 2008b |
| Southeast Australia | 700 | 0.32* | 0.47 | 42% | Allozymes (8 loci) | Miller & Ayre 2008b |
| Southwest Australia | 400 | 0.39* | 1N/A | 82% | Allozymes (4 loci) | Stoddart 1984 |
| Hawaii (Kaneohe Bay) | 10 | N/A | N/A | 71% | Allozymes (4 loci) | Stoddart 1986 |
| East Africa | 860 | 0.02* | 0.26* | 2 13% | Microsats (6 loci) | Souter et al. 2009 |
| Indonesia | 3300 | 0.05 | N/A | 2% | Microsats (9 loci) | Starger et al. 2010 |
| Tropical Eastern Pacific | 400 | 0.05 * | 0.18 * | 6% | Microsats (5 loci) | THIS STUDY |
| Taiwan (Nanwan Bay) | 0.5 | N/A | N/A | 66% | Microsats (7 loci) | Yeoh & Dai 2010 |
| TEP to Central-West Pacific | 8000 | 0.42* | ITS2–5.8S | Combosch et al. 2008 |
1
= consistent heterozygote deficits, reported as differences between He & Ho, i.e. inconvertible; 2 = two different types of P. damicornis;
*
= significant; - = not significant;