. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 10.

Published in final edited form as: Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 2016 Nov 30;74(7):1009–1015. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0396

Table 2.

Pearson bivanate correlation analysis between [MeHg], [Hg] in Atlantic silversides and their life stage (juveniles vs. adult females), latitude of origin, and condition factor, as well as particulate [MeHg] and latitude.

	Life stage	Latitude	Condition factor
[MeHg] (n = 85)	0.480 ^***	0.552 ^***	−0.147
[Hg] (n = 124)	0.566 ^***	0.604 ^***	−0.275 ^**
Condition factor (n = 124)	0.333 ^***	−0.701 ^***
Particulate [MeHg] (n = 22)^a		0.130

Significant correlations are in bold

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001

average values were used for the correlation.