Table 3.

Correlation analysis between physical and chemical parameters of sediments.

	Salinity	TP	S	TN	NH4+-N	NO3−-N	NO2−-N
Salinity	1	−0.68 **	−0.46	−0.58 *	−0.48	−0.24	−0.59 *
TP		1	0.59 *	0.84 **	0.78 **	0.48	0.74 **
S			1	0.37	0.48	0.88 **	0.10
TN				1	0.91 **	0.12	0.82 **
NH4+-N					1	0.19	0.72 **
NO3−-N						1	−0.15
NO2−-N							1

The degree of significance of Spearman Rank correlations is marked by the stars. * (p < 0.05, significant correlation), ** (p < 0.01, highly significant correlation).