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Published in final edited form as: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2015 Aug 18;70(1):75–95. doi: 10.1007/s00244-015-0204-1

Table 4.

Results of correlation analyses between trace element concentrations in liver of stranded cetaceans (n = 31)

	Cr	Mn	Cu	Zn	As	Se	Sr	Cd	Sn	Hg
Mn	0.0941 p = 0.615
Cu	0.1666 p = 0.370	−0.3116 p = 0.088
Zn	−0.0234 p = 0.900	0.2249 p = 0.224	0.0252^a p = 0.025^*
As	0.0513 p = 0.784	0.2391 p = 0.195	−0.1744 p = 0.348	−0.1034 p = 0.580
Se	−0.2400 p = 0.193	0.0880 p = 0.638	−0.3511 p = 0.053	−0.5572 p = 0.001^*	−0.0883 p = 0.637
Sr	0.1864 p = 0.315	0.3810 p = 0.035^*	−0.1896 p = 0.307	−0.0456 p = 0.808	0.2881 p = 0.116	−0.0690 p = 0.712
Cd	−0.1135 p = 0.543	0.3433 p = 0.059	−0.5309 p = 0.002^*	−0.3472 p = 0.056	0.2498 p = 0.175	0.6685 p < 0.001^*	0.2165 p = 0.242
Sn	0.0320 p = 0.864	0.2839 p = 0.122	−0.2604 p = 0.157	−0.4417 p = 0.013^*	0.0826 p = 0.659	0.6662 p < 0.001^*	0.1961 p = 0.290	0.5079^a p < 0.001^*
Hg	−0.3193 p = 0.080	0.1724 p = 0.354	−0.5053 p = 0.004^*	−0.4926 p = 0.005^*	−0.0153 p = 0.935	0.9242 p < 0.001^*	−0.0640 p = 0.732	0.7103 p < 0.001^*	0.6286 p < 0.001^*
Pb	0.1618 p = 0.385	0.1527 p = 0.412	−0.1430 p =0.443	−0.3917 p = 0.029^*	0.1627 p = 0.382	0.4952 p = 0.005^*	0.2551 p = 0.166	0.3899^a p = 0.002^*	0.4691^a p = 0.0002^*	0.4096 p = 0.022^*

^*

Significant correlation between trace elements (p < 0.05).

^a

Correlations calculated with non-parametric Kendall’s Tau.