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Bioscience Methods 2018, Vol.9, No.1, 1-11
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Table 2 Spearman rho correlation matrix of the studied physiochemical parameters
Parameters PH SAL COND TURB TDS TSS NO3 CL SO4 HCO3 TA TH Ca Mg Na K DO BOD
PH 1
SAL 0.046 1
COND 0.862** 0.091 1
TURB 0.854** 0.091 0.967** 1
TDS 0.874** 0.092 0.996** 0.962** 1
TSS 0.845** -0.183 0.900** 0.883** 0.912** 1
NO3 -0.812** 0.000 -0.950** -0.967** -0.946** -0.950** 1
Cl -0.891** 0.000 -0.979** -0.929** -0.983** -0.929** 0.929** 1
SO4 -0.904** 0.091 -0.883** -0.833** -0.904** -0.967** 0.883** 0.921 ** 1
HCO3 -0.153 -0.046 -0.101 -0.152 -0.064 -0.076 0.152 0.064 0.051 1
TA -0.525 0.092 -0.360 -0.393 -0.370 -0.477 0.418 0.387 0.502 0.797* 1
TH -0.599 -0.276 -0.832** -0.849** -0.827** -0.723* 0.849** 0.785 * 0.647 -0.226 -0.063 1
Ca -0.929** -0.183 -0.933** -0.883** -0.929** -0.867** 0.883** 0.946 ** 0.900 ** 0.177 0.444 0.740 * 1
Mg -0.879** 0.274 -0.867** -0.867** -0.879** -0.983** 0.917** 0.912 ** 0.950 ** 0.101 0.510 0.655 0.850 ** 1
Na -0.527 -0.091 -0.433 -0.433 -0.427 -0.367 0.383 0.444 0.400 0.836** 0.895 ** -0.008 0.500 0.400 1
K 0.735* -0.183 0.586 0.653 0.597 0.753* -0.695* -0.580 -0.762 * 0.055 -0.311 -0.515 -0.619 -0.778* -0.059 1
DO -0.420 0.183 -0.427 -0.477 -0.429 -0.477 0.477 0.412 0.435 -0.597 -0.378 0.633 0.360 0.494 -0.494 -0.731* 1
BOD 0.477 0.000 0.383 0.400 0.393 0.467 -0.433 -0.427 -0.467 -0.785* -0.954 ** -0.017 -0.467 -0.483 -0.917** 0.142 0.477 1
Note: “**” Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); “*” Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)