TABLE 2.

Correlation half-matrix of EC, TSS, BOD, and microbial indicators^a

Parameter	Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for:
	EC	BOD	TSS	TCC	TCM	E. coli	FC
EC	1.00
BOD	0.65	1.00
TSS	0.62	0.82	1.00
TCC	0.70	0.83	0.82	1.00
TCM	0.58	0.65	0.65	0.79	1.00
E. coli	0.78	0.79	0.68	0.87	0.78	1.00
FC	0.56	0.60	0.63	0.74	0.74	0.85	1.00
SASF	0.62	0.56	0.67	0.64	0.64	0.61	0.68

^aSpearman's rank correlation coefficient (r) of 48 samples per parameter. All values are significant (P < 0.05). See Table 1 and text for explanations of abbreviations.