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Table 5 Pearson Product-Moment coefficients for correlation analysis by site between chemical toxicity and biological and environmental parameters

From: Microbial contamination and chemical toxicity of the Rio Grande

 

Site 1

Site 2

Site 3

Site 5

Site 6

Site 7

Fecal Coliform

0.21584

0.1242

0.1972

-0.0175

-0.2365

0.0644

 

0.213

0.4772

0.2634

0.9217

0.1851

0.7174

 

35

35

34

34

33

34

Total Coliform

0.2666

0.0337

0.1474

0.039

0.2719

0.1182

 

0.12151

0.8473

0.4053

0.8263

0.1257

0.5053

 

35

35

34

34

33

34

E. coli

-0.0747

-0.0766

-0.213

-0.4612

0.1376

-0.0093

 

0.7912

0.7945

0.4646

0.1312

0.6866

0.9748

 

15

14

14

12

11

14

H. pylori

-0.1733

-0.2405

-0.2019

-0.0709

0.2174

0.022

 

0.4074

0.2468

0.333

0.7307

0.3078

0.9167

 

25

25

25

26

24

25

Specific conductivity

0.2434

0.391

0.2393

0.1371

0.3778

-0.0375

 

0.2307

0.0437**

0.2293

0.4951

0.0758

0.8554

 

26

27

27

27

23

26

pH

-0.0796

-0.0303

-0.07382

0.0665

0.0928

-0.342

 

0.6988

0.8807

0.7144

0.7417

0.6734

0.0872

 

26

27

27

27

23

26

Temperature

-0.1215

-0.3753

-0.4489

-0.217

-0.5488

-0.1965

 

0.5714

0.0409**

0.0128**

0.2492

0.0045**

0.3162

 

24

30

30

30

25

28

  1. Values are Pearson Correlation Coefficients/Probability |R| under Ho: Rho = O/Number of observations. ** Probability of 95% of greater level of significance