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Table 5 Spearman rank order correlations between main mesozooplankton groups

From: Zooplankton community and hydrographical properties of the Neretva Channel (eastern Adriatic Sea)

 

Mesozooplankton groups

Total

COP

CLADO

APP

CHAETO

PTERO

COP

 S-1

0.846***

     

 S-2

0.900**

     

 S-3

0.980***

     

 S-4

0.806**

     

CLADO

 S-1

0.554

0.355

    

 S-2

0.700**

0.418

    

 S-3

0.427

0.351

    

 S-4

0.346

−0.042

    

APP

 S-1

0.636*

0.564

0.473

   

 S-2

0.582

0.418

0.655*

   

 S-3

−0.014

−0.100

0.596

   

 S-4

0.146

0.006

0.567

   

CHAETO

 S-1

0.665*

0.706*

0.410*

0.565

  

 S-2

0.836**

0.845**

0.333

0.365

  

 S-3

0.375

0.417

0.481

0.323

  

 S-4

−0.067

0.080

0.190

−0.258

  

PTERO

 S-1

0.356

0.137

0.397

0.753*

0.192

 

 S-2

0.430

0.105

0.609*

0.645*

0.257

 

 S-3

0.401

0.360

0.820**

0.303

0.441

 

 S-4

−0.067

−0.425

0.306

−0.060

0.241

 

LARVAE

 S-1

0.272

0.200

−0.436

0.318

0.177

0.132

 S-2

0.509

0.446

0.282

−0.064

0.616*

0.292

 S-3

0.560

0.491

0.156

−0.354

0.213

0.279

 S-4

0.418

0.394

−0.224

−0.396

−0.184

−0.455

  1. COP Copepoda, CLADO Cladocera, APP Appendicularia, CHAETO Chaetognatha, PTERO Pteropoda
  2. N = 11; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.005; ***P < 0.001 (significant correlations are printed in bold)
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