Table 4.

Comparing Spearman's rho correlation coefficient (ρ) between culturable enterococci with other microbial targets.

	Targets	Substrates	27 days	First 4 days
Culturable enterococci (Water)	Enterococcus spp. rDNA	Water	0.83**	0.87**
	Enterococcus spp. rRNA	Water	0.85**	0.86**
	MS2 coliphage	Water	0.87**#	0.90**
	Vibrio spp. rDNA	Water	0.28*	0.81**
	Vibrio spp. rRNA	Water	0.23	0.88**
	V. cholerae DNA	Water	0.33*	0.92**
	Culturable enterococci	Sediment	0.86**	0.73**
	Culturable enterococci	Vegetation	0.94**	0.80**

^#The correlation was measured only until the MS2 coliphage was detected (up to 8–10 days).

^**The correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

^*The correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).