Table 5.

Coefficients of correlation among observed parameters measured in D. magna about toxicity and DNA damage and Vibrio luminescence inhibition

	Vibrio QDs-Ind	Daphnia QDs-Ind	Comet QDs-Ind	Vibrio QDs	Daphnia QDs	Comet QDs	Comet Ind
Vibrio		0.93	0.85	0.94	0.94	0.82	0.85
Qds-Ind
Daphnia	0.93		0.93	0.98	0.91	0.92	0.94
QDs-Ind
Comet	0.85	0.93		0.90	0.88	0.99	1.00
QDs-Ind
Vibrio	0.94	0.98	0.90		0.91	0.90	0.92
QDs
Daphnia	0.94	0.91	0.88	0.91		0.87	0.89
QDs
Comet	0.82	0.92	0.99	0.90	0.87		1.00
QDs
Comet	0.85	0.94	1.00	0.92	0.89	1.00
Ind

Notes: In the table, R values derived from Pearson’s correlation are reported. In bold are values with P<0.01 and in italic are values with P<0.05.

Abbreviations: QDs, quantum dots; QDS-Ind, quantum dots-indolicidin.