Table 2.
Correlation coefficient between environmental parameters and V. alginolyticus-like species and vibrios abundance
| Water temperature | Salinity | pH | Chl-a | Level of total bacteria | Level of fecal coliforms | Level of cultureable bacteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abundance of V. alginolyticus | April | n=8 | 0.6000 | 0.6400a | 0.3700 | -0.7603a | 0.0561 | -0.4671 | 0.9085b |
| September | n=7 | -0.5763 | -0.5831 | -0.8135a | 0.0429 | 0.3645 | -0.28052 | 0.3479 | |
| Vibrios abundance | April | n=8 | 0.1700 | 0.5301 | 0.3243 | -0.1072 | 0.5929 | -0.4063 | 0.4411 |
| September | n=7 | -0.2488 | -0.2134 | -0.3866 | 0.7411a | 0.5788 | -0.0200 | 0.0166 |
a
P < 0.05.
b
P < 0.01. n=7 or 8, is the number of stations where vibrios were detected.