Table 2.

The value of Pearson correlation between ARGs and int1 and tnpA IS4 at different times.

Relative Abundance	October		December		March
	Rint1	RtnpA IS4	Rint1	RtnpA IS4	Rint1	RtnpA IS4
RtetC	0.74 *	0.37	−0.56 *	0.14	0.18	0.27
RtetO	0.56 *	−0.23	0.57 *	0.47	0.35	0.22
Rsul1	0.59 *	−0.33	−0.21	0.95 *	0.74 *	0.68
Rsul2	0.01	0.21	0.06	0.14	−0.37	−0.12
Rsul3	0.02	0.23	0.32	−0.3	−0.01	0.26
RermA	-	-	-	-	−0.94	−0.73
RermB	0.35	0.71	0.59 *	0.87 *	0.56 *	0.42
RampC	−0.19	0.62 *	0.47	−0.84 *	−0.45	0.59 *
RblaSHV	−0.3	0.51 *	−0.04	−0.65 *	−0.50 *	−0.18
RblaCTX-M	0.24	0.37	-	-	−0.5	0.62
RblaOXA-10	0.44	0.57 *	0.6 0 *	0.83 *	0.44	0.25

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