Table 1. Statistical correlation analysis of seawater to determine an environmental link.
| Temperature | Salinity | Fluorescence | PO4 3− | NO2 −+NO3 − | NH4 + | SiO2 | |
| Temperature | |||||||
| Salinity | −0.867/0.002 * | ||||||
| Fluorescence | 0.600/0.088 | −0.383/0.308 | |||||
| PO4 3− | 0.111/0.777 | −0.06/0.879 | −0.145/0.711 | ||||
| NO2 −+NO3 − | 0.390/0.300 | −0.225/0.56 | −0.104/0.79 | 0.429/0.249 | |||
| NH4 + | 0.577/0.104 | −0.644/0.061 | 0.301/0.431 | −0.103/0.793 | 0.444/0.232 | ||
| SiO2 | −2.582887701 | 0.367/0.332 | 0.150/0.700 | −0.443/0.233 | −0.303/0.428 | 0.192/0.620 |
Physicochemical parameter values for seawater (described in the Table. S1) were analyzed by the Spearman’s rho test in SPSS. Bold number is significant at p<0.05.
*
Correlation Coefficient/p-value.