Table 4.

Pearson correlation matrix for the metal concentrations and sediment properties.

	Cu	Pb	Zn	Cd	Cr	OC	Sulfide	Eh	Clay
Cu	1
Pb	0.859 **	1
Zn	0.539 **	0.258	1
Cd	0.812 **	0.681 **	0.579 **	1
Cr	−0.038	−0.191	0.589 **	0.236	1
OC	0.153	0.096	−0.111	0.013	−0.173	1
Sulfide	0.173	0.243	0.009	0.080	−0.037	0.503 **	1
Eh	−0.013	0.119	0.031	0.218	0.137	−0.441 *	−0.230	1
Clay	0.390 *	0.278	0.234	0.140	0.030	0.722 **	0.465 **	−0.334	1

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).