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Table 9 Long-term effective population size and growth based on microsatellite markers.

From: Gone with the currents: lack of genetic differentiation at the circum-continental scale in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

Population sample

θ

95% C.I.

Ne(+)

95% C.I.

g

95% C.I

SG-1994

101.31

14.39-5,339

50,655

7,195-2,669,500

7.02

3.00-13.10

SG-1997

56.57

13.01-3,049

28,285

6,500-1,524,500

7.66

1.60-11.73

EI-2007

212.59

34.17-10,435

106,295

17,000-5,217,500

6.94

2.63-13.69

SS-2007

148.12

32.25-9,038

74,060

16,125-4,519,000

6.62

2.36-11.95

P-1997

36.38

7.09-428.43

18,190

3,545-214,215

3.20

0.77-10.47

R-1994

53.89

13.34-2,981

26,945

6,670-1,490,500

8.10

1.28-13.16

R-1995

23.54

7.17-1,792

11,770

3,585-896,000

2.65

0.60-11.34

R-1996

78.97

20.02-9,711

39,485

10,000-4,855,500

6.87

1.53-10.73

R-1997

23.10

7.66-3,742

11,554

3,830-1,871,000

0.95

-0.009-7.67

R-1999

60.58

8.43-2,815

30,290

4,215-1,407,500

6.40

1.46-13.19

  1. Estimates for θ (4Neμ, with Ne = effective population size and μ = nuclear mutation rate per generation) and g (rate of exponential growth) are reported together with their 95% confidence interval (95% C.I.).
  2. (+) Ne calculated assuming a mutation rate μ = 5 × 10-4.