Table 1 Genetic diversity indices obtained from COI gene sequences for each spring of the Ascotán Saltpan. The geographic coordinates for each spring, sample size (N), number of polymorphic sites (S), number of haplotypes (K), haplotype diversity (H) and average of differences between pairs of sequences (Π) are indicated

Spring 1

21.4501

68.2535

25

11

6

0.427

1.733

Spring 2

21.4885

68.2576

29

12

7

0.788

4.768

Spring 3

21.4911

68.2571

26

12

5

0.695

5.437

Spring 4

21.4944

68.2571

19

11

4

0.696

5.298

Spring 5

21.4967

68.2573

27

14

6

0.681

5.345

Spring 6

21.4980

68.2568

26

10

4

0.588

5.025

Spring 7

21.5336

68.2624

29

7

5

0.616

0.926

Spring 8

21.5667

68.2453

27

3

4

0.333

0.353

Spring 9

21.6029

68.2507

16

1

2

0.525

0.525

Spring 10

21.6093

68.2504

29

10

10

0.749

1.108

Spring 11

21.6877

68.2147

18

11

10

0.843

1.634

Spring 12

21.5950

68.2400

13

4

5

0.692

0.974

Spring 13

21.6119

68.3035

26

14

16

0.954

3.480

Total

310

50

56

0.837

4.574