TABLE 3.

Pearson correlation analysis of the physical and biological parameters measured in this study^a

Variable	Pearson correlation r (P)
	Water TPV	Oyster TPV	Oyster V. parahaemolyticus	Oyster VpV	Oyster temp	Water salinity
Water TPV	1	0.72* (<0.05)	0.71* (<0.05)	−0.05 (0.87)	0.85* (<0.05)	−0.79* (<0.05)
Oyster TPV		1	0.48 (0.10)	−0.24 (0.45)	0.79* (<0.05)	−0.36 (0.25)
Oyster V. parahaemolyticus			1	−0.08 (0.82)	0.58* (<0.05)	−0.66* (<0.05)
Oyster VpV				1	−0.22 (0.50)	0.29 (0.36)
Oyster temp					1	−0.72* (<0.05)
Water salinity						1

^aFrom Fig. 1 and 2. Correlation values (r) are followed by P values (two tailed) in parentheses and asterisks indicate correlations that are significant at P < 0.05.