Table 4. Relationships between the frictional resistance forces and biofouling parameters.
A. RELATE analysis; stronger relations (Rho≥0.70) are presented in bold. B. Pearson correlations; higher correlations (≥0.50) are presented in bold.
| A. | Richness | TBiom | BIOM | TDens | DENS | Thickness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friction forces | 0.396 | 0.237 | 0.382 | 0.248 | 0.380 | 0.094 * |
| Richness | 0.696 | 0.824 | 0.674 | 0.845 | 0.179 | |
| TBiom | 0.742 | 0.790 | 0.784 | 0.118 * | ||
| BIOM | 0.668 | 0.898 | 0.104 * | |||
| TDens | 0.803 | 0.201 | ||||
| DENS | 0.255 | |||||
| B. | Richness | TBiom | TDens | Thickness | ||
| Friction forces | -0.722 | -0.401 | -0.525 | -0.532 | ||
| Richness | 0.698 | 0.715 | 0.640 | |||
| TBiom | 0.857 | 0.192 | ||||
| TDens | 0.368 |
* Not statistically significant (significance level of α = 0.05)