Table 4.

Kendal's Tau-b correlations between microbial indicators and pathogens.

	AdeV	NoV_G1	NoV_G2	RotV	AstV	EntV	Hep_A	Hep_E	AichiV	SapoV	Inf_A_V	Salmonella	P.aeruginosa	Pseudalert
Fecal indicator bacteria
E.coli	.201**		.131**							.190**	.099*	.199**	.408**	.658**
Ent	.128*							-.107*	.171**	.176**	.138**	.258**	.500**	.692**
Coliphages
Som col	.137*		.118*					-.119*	.124*			.254**	.432**	.539**
F col	.126*								.293**	.155**		.203**	.388**	.440**
Total col	.118*		.120*						.146**	.134*		.265**	.484**	.558**
FRNA genotypes
FRNA G1									.126*				.179**	.183**
FRNA G2	.191**		.168**						.201**	.221**		.201**	.339**	.427**
FRNA G3	.215**					.240**			.178**	.382**	.129*		.157**	.241**
FRNA G4											.117*
Human specific markers
B.theta	.233**					.117*		-.160**	.182**	.213**		.321**	.480**	.452**
M.smithii				.156*		.171**			.315**	.332**		.211**	.216**	.221**
HPyVs							.127*		.471**	.161*		.243**	.325**	.218**
Plant virus
PMMoV	.234**		.166**			.140**				.188**	.137**		.236**	.383**

Abbreviation: Ent – Enterococcus; Som col – Somatic coliphage; F col – F+ coliphage; Total col – Total coliphage; AdeV – Adenovirus; NoV_G1 – Norovirus GI; NoV_G2 – Norovirus GII; RotV – Rotavirus; AstV – Astrovirus; EntV – Enterovirus; Hep_A – Hepatitis A virus; Hep_E – Hepatitis E virus; AichiV – Aichi virus; Sapo_V – Sapovirus; Inf_A_V – Influenza A virus.

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

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