Table 3.

Pearson correlation matrix for all parameters measured

Parameter	Lp, cfu l−1		Lp, cells l−1		Lp, viable cells l−1		TCC per millilitre
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
Lp, cells l−1	0.052	0.693
Lp, viable cells l−1	0.045	0.737	0.991	< 0.001
TCC per millilitre	0.425	0.001	0.007	0.955	< 0.001	0.998
VCC per millilitre	0.357	0.005	0.094	0.480	0.070	0.596	0.905	< 0.001
Kolmogorov–Smirnova	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Shapiro–Wilk	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001

All P‐values are two tailed.

Lilliefors significance correction.

Bold: correlation is significant at the < 0.01 level.