Table 1. Sample descriptions including locations, coordinates, dates, spawning seasons, percentage of fish in spawning condition and sample sizes (n) of genetic markers used.
Location | Sampling coordinates | Date | Spawning season | Spawning (%) | Fish (n) | Microsatellites (including Cpa112) (n) | MHC (n) | Allozymes (n) | mtDNA (n) | All markers in the same fish (n) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flamborough | 54.60N/00.59W | 14-09-2002 | Autumn | 100 | 80 | 80a,b | 73 | 55 | 80 | 48 |
Flamborough | 54.57N/00.45W | 17-09-2003 | Autumn | 99 | 93 | 93a,b,c,d | 80 | 93c | 91 | 79 |
Berwick | 56.30N/00.97E | 20-08-2002 | Autumn | 98 | 90 | 90a,b | 83e | 85 | 85 | 73 |
Berwick | 57.70N/01.45W | 22-08-2003 | Autumn | 88 | 96 | 96a,b,c | 90 | 96c | 80 | 72 |
Tjøme | 59.35N/10.55E | 13-03-2002 | Spring | 98 | 95 | 95b,f | 95e | 95 | 84 | 84 |
Tjøme | 59.35N/10.55E | 04-03-2003 | Spring | 100 | 104 | 104b,c,d,f | 94 | 104c | 86 | 75 |
Kalix | 65.80N/22.72E | 12-06-2002 | Spring | 44 | 97 | 97g | 90 | 97g | 85 | 78 |
Kalix | 65.80N/22.72E | 19-06-2003 | Spring | 94 | 88 | 88c,g | 79 | 88c,g | 69 | 64 |
Sum | 743 | 743 | 684 | 713 | 660 | 573 |
Abbreviations: MHC, major histocompatibility complex; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA.
Only fish that were successfully analyzed for at least three different genetic marker types were used in subsequent statistical analyses. Genotypes previously used by