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Table 1 Sampling statistics of the S. salar cohorts included in the study

From: Molecular pedigree reconstruction and estimation of evolutionary parameters in a wild Atlantic salmon river system with incomplete sampling: a power analysis

Cohort year

Number of wild returning fish1

Number of sampled fish2

Total number of analysed fish3

% of sampled fish analysed

Overall % of samples analysed

1977

594

169

143

84.6

24.1

1978

400

85

68

80.0

17.0

1979

854

303

273

90.1

32.0

1980

628

127

124

97.6

19.8

1981

355

158

152

96.2

42.8

1982

392

171

150

87.7

38.3

1983

533

227

212

93.4

39.8

1984

245

124

124

100.0

50.6

1985

472

223

217

97.3

46.0

1986

412

53

52

98.1

12.6

Total

4885

1640

1515

  

Mean

488.5

164

151.5

92.5

32.3

  1. 1Number returning fish includes all returning wild individuals from the sea, but excluding precocious male parr.
  2. 2Number of sampled fish includes all post-spawned wild adults returning to sea (kelts) after breeding season.
  3. 3Total number of analysed fish includes all sampled fish that were successfully genotyped with ≥ 7 microsatellite loci.