Table 3. Spearman correlation coefficients for the heavy metal concentrations in the periphyton.
Type | Cr | Ni | Cu | Pb | |
Cr | A | 1 | 0.278 | 0.863a | 0.595a |
B | 1 | 0.341a | −0.184b | 0.365a | |
C | 1 | 0.904a | 0.711a | 0.188 | |
Ni | A | 1 | 0.331 | 0.251 | |
B | 1 | 0.453a | 0.371a | ||
C | 1 | 0.799a | 0.466a | ||
Cu | A | 1 | 0.598a | ||
B | 1 | 0.194b | |||
C | 1 | 0.476a | |||
Pb | A | 1 | |||
B | 1 | ||||
C | 1 |
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).