TABLE 1.

Details of Kendall correlation for non-parametric data analysis of environmental parameters, geochemical rates, and amoA gene abundance in Lake Okeechobee and St. Lucie Estuary.

		Temp.	DO	Salinity	NH4+	NO3–	Cond.	Turbidity	TSS
Nitrification	Kendall T	−0.58	−0.38	0.39	0.08	0.58	0.29	0.23	0.00
	p-value	0.002	0.03	0.09	0.65	0.001	0.110	0.45	1.00
AOA	Kendall T	−0.51	0.37	−0.40	−0.73	0.24	0.17	0.52	0.68
	p-value	0.04	0.12	0.32	0.003	0.32	0.47	0.09	0.003
AOB	Kendall T	−0.04	−0.11	−0.60	0.02	0.28	0.53	0.33	0.29
	p-value	0.85	0.65	0.14	0.92	0.24	0.03	0.29	0.36

Correlations where p < 0.05 are presented in bold. Temp., temperature; DO, dissolved oxygen; Cond., conductivity; TSS, total suspended solids.