Table 6.

Spearman Correlation coefficient between physicochemical and microbial parameters of habitat waters and larvae abundance in Qom Province, Iran, Spring–Summer 2008–2009, Sig. (2-tailed), n=9 (for Thermotalerant Coliforms, n=8) (P> 0.05)

Physicochemical and microbial parameters	Abundance
Temperature (°C)	−0.137
	0.725
Acidity (pH)	0.532
	0.140
Turbidity (NTU)	0.174
	0.655
Electrical conductivity (μS/cm)	0.030
	0.940
Total dissolved solids (ppm)	0.030
	0.940
Alkalinity (mg/l)	−0.030
	0.940
Total hardness (mg/l)	0.131
	0.737
Calcium (mg/l)	0.076
	0.845
Chloride (mg/l)	−0.080
	0.838
Fluoride (mg/l)	0.190
	0.625
Nitrite (mg/l)	−0.453
	0.220
Nitrate (mg/l)	−0.051
	0.896
Phosphate (mg/l)	0.233
	0.546
Sulfate (mg/l)	−0.004
	0.991
Thermotalerant Coliforms (MPN/100ml)	0.056
	0.896