Table 3.

Pearson correlation matrix for the phosphorous fraction and others physicochemical characteristics of Guapimirim Estuary

	P-f.a.	P-Fe	P-Me	P-Ca	P-res	Pinorg-total	%sand	%silt	%clay	%OM	%CaCO3	Salinity	Temperature	pH	Eh	DO
P-f.a.	1.00
P-Fe	0.86	1.00
P-Me	0.14	0.17	1.00
P-Ca	0.72	0.86	0.05	1.00
P-res	0.44	0.31	0.14	0.15	1.00
Pinorg-total	0.89	0.92	0.35	0.83	0.57	1.00
%sand	−0.80	−0.85	−0.12	−0.74	−0.63	−0.90	1.00
%silt	0.80	0.85	0.12	0.74	0.63	0.90	−1.00	1.00
%clay	0.72	0.78	0.10	0.70	0.57	0.82	−0.97	0.96	1.00
%OM	0.83	0.83	0.12	0.67	0.67	0.89	−0.96	0.96	0.88	1.00
%CaCO3	0.89	0.91	0.14	0.78	0.54	0.93	−0.93	0.93	0.83	0.15	1.00
Salinity	0.90	0.92	0.15	0.75	0.39	0.88	−0.79	0.79	0.67	0.81	0.89	1.00
Temperature	0.76	0.94	0.10	0.90	0.19	0.84	−0.78	0.78	0.70	0.74	0.84	0.87	1.00
pH	0.92	0.94	0.13	0.80	0.38	0.90	−0.81	0.81	0.70	0.81	0.90	0.99	0.90	1.00
Eh	−0.06	−0.60	−0.13	−0.50	−0.27	−0.61	0.52	−0.52	−0.46	−0.56	−0.52	−0.64	−0.52	−0.64	1.00
DO	0.54	0.29	0.10	0.31	0.20	0.40	−0.18	0.18	0.04	0.29	0.40	0.52	0.23	0.52	−0.33	1.00