Table 3

Divergence rates in response to fish introductions.

Trait

Population

Exposure Time (yrs)

Adult Sizes

Juvenile Sizes

Age

Lower Goethe

51

2032 (70)

145 (118)

1490 (198)

0.019 (0.001)

0.002 (0.002)

0.011 (0.001)

Puppet

53

721 (109)

776 (114)

515 (169)

0.006 (0.001)

0.010 (0.002)

0.005 (0.002)

Golden

74

330 (82)

576 (104)

993 (128)

0.003 (0.001)

0.009 (0.002)

0.008 (0.001)

Evelyn

91

4238 (306)

2610 (130)

1188 (204)

0.034 (0.002)

0.036 (0.003)

0.009 (0.001)

Average estimates of divergence rates in four populations exposed to nonnative salmonid fish based on darwins (upper value) and haldanes (lower value) for three trait types. Means and standard errors (in parentheses) were obtained by averaging over the age-specific estimates for the trait type.

Fisk et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:22   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-22