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. 2020 Apr 28;12(5):284. doi: 10.3390/toxins12050284

Table 4.

Values of Pearson correlation coefficients between cyanobacteria biovolume (Cya), cyanotoxins (MCs, ANA), and water quality indicators.

Water Quality Indicators Cya ANA dmMC-RR MC-RR dmMC-LR MC-LR ∑MCs
pH 0.69 0.00 −0.27 0.71 −0.16 0.70 0.55
NH4 0.36 0.17 0.31 −0.06 −0.37 −0.11 −0.05
Dissolved oxygen 0.24 0.38 −0.46 −0.24 0.20 −0.26 −0.31
Ptot 0.43 −0.50 0.46 0.70 −0.40 0.70 0.68
Ntot 0.60 −0.22 0.00 0.91 −0.43 0.91 0.77
PO4 0.07 −0.51 0.52 0.49 −0.33 0.49 0.51
Color 0.03 −0.31 0.41 0.33 −0.29 0.32 0.32
Turbidity 0.84 0.01 −0.23 0.79 −0.27 0.81 0.61
Total suspension 0.84 0.22 −0.09 0.77 −0.18 0.74 0.69
Water temperature 0.15 0.22 −0.36 −0.06 −0.46 −0.02 −0.39
N:P 0.02 0.47 −0.40 0.04 −0.05 0.03 −0.08

Statistically significant correlation coefficients (p < 0.05) are marked in bold, CYA—cyanobacterial abundance, ANA—anatoxin-a, MCs—microcystins.