Table 2:
Simple linear regression correlation coefficient values for all coliphage and fecal indicator bacteria pairings
River Site (R) | Historic Site (H) | Composite Site (C) | ||||||||
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ENT | SC | TC | ENT | SC | TC | ENT | SC | TC | ||
Edgewater (ED) | EC | 0.90(67) | 0.78(64) | 0.79(64) | 0.87(66) | 0.30(63) | 0.31(63) | 0.76(66) | 0.37(64) | 0.39(64) |
ENT | --- | 0.69(64) | 0.70(64) | --- | 0.32(63) | 0.33(63) | --- | 0.36(64) | 0.37(64) | |
SC | --- | --- | 1.00(64 | --- | --- | 1.00(64) | --- | --- | 1.00(64) | |
Grant Park (GP) | EC | 0.88(68) | 0.70(67) | 0.70(67) | 0.79(70) | 0.52(68) | 0.53(68) | 0.79(71) | 0.44(68) | 0.44(68) |
ENT | --- | 0.67(66) | 0.67(66) | --- | 0.43(68) | 0.43(68) | --- | 0.35(68) | 0.37(68) | |
SC | --- | --- | 1.00(68) | --- | --- | 0.99(68) | --- | --- | 0.99(68) | |
Washington Park (WP) |
EC | 0.94(63) | 0.58(56) | 0.58(56) | 0.39(63) | 0.40(53) | 0.29(55) | 0.57(64) | 0.29(56) | 0.29(56) |
ENT | --- | 0.55(57) | 0.56(57) | --- | * | * | --- | 0.28(56) | 0.29(56) | |
SC | --- | --- | 1.00(60) | --- | --- | 1.00(54) | --- | --- | 1.00(56) |
Values indicate correlation coefficient (r) from simple linear regression modeling. Parentheses show the number of paired measurements.
indicates no significant correlation found (p > 0.05). EC = E. coli (MPN/L), ENT = enterococci (CFU/L), SC = somatic coliphage (PFU/L), and TC = total coliphage (PFU/L).