TABLE 2.

Spearman rank correlation analysis between the concentration of Aurelia coerulea eDNA and environmental factors in seawater of Yantai Sishili Bay.

Cruises	Layer	DO	Temperature	Chl	Salinity	pH
July	Surface
	Coefficient	0.147	−0.292	0.617	0.062	−0.046
	Significance	0.561	0.24	0.006**	0.808	0.856
	Bottom
	Coefficient	0.191	0.232	0.393	0.138	0.249
	Significance	0.448	0.354	0.107	0.586	0.319
August	Surface
	Coefficient	−0.194	−0.395	0.199	0.07	−0.262
	Significance	0.455	0.117	0.443	0.79	0.31
	Bottom
	Coefficient	0.63	0.689	0.723	−0.621	0.634
	Significance	0.007**	0.002**	0.001**	0.008**	0.006**

^** p < .01, with an extremely significant correlation.