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. 2014 Jan 22;14:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-12

Table 3.

AMOVA results of spatial and temporal variation in Pygospio elegans

Temporal groups (samples grouped by year)
Source of variation
Sum of squares
Variance components
Percentage of variation
Fixation indices (P-value)
Among years
22.3
−0.006
−0.27
FCT = −0.003 (0.816)
Among populations within years
132.2
0.085
3.61
FSC = 0.036 (<0.001)
Within samples
3436.3
2.273
96.66
FST = 0.033 (<0.001)
Total
3590.8
2.351
 
 
Geographical groups (samples grouped by population)
Source of variation
Sum of squares
Variance components
Percentage of variation
Fixation indices (P-value)
Among populations
110.9
0.067
2.85
FCT = 0.029 (<0.001)
Among temporal samples within populations
43.6
0.020
0.85
FSC = 0.009 (<0.001)
Within samples
3436.3
2.273
96.3
FST = 0.037 (<0.001)
Total 3590.8 2.360    

Temporal groups consist of samples from different populations grouped by sampling year (4 groups: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and spatial groups consist of temporal samples grouped according to population (7 groups).