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Table 6 Spearman rank order correlations between copepod groups and microzooplankton abundances

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

Copepods/station

Microzooplankton groups

NLC

TIN

NAUP

JCOP

ACOP

COP

 S-1

0.264

0.091

0.000

0.327

−0.068

 S-2

0.773*

0.146

0.637*

0.200

0.114

 S-3

0.651

−0.259

0.592

0.408

0.588

 S-4

−0.067

−0.055

−0.139

0.285

−0.079

CALANO

 S−1

0.273

0.036

−0.273

0.046

−0.319

 S−2

0.736*

−0.055

0.654*

0.419

0.434

 S-3

0.446

−0.509

0.173

0.223

0.183

 S-4

0.486

−0.139

0.066

0.552

0.237

CYCLO

 S-1

0.469

−0.163

0.155

0.145

−0.351

 S-2

0.627*

−0.027

0.191

0.005

−0.370

 S-3

0.064

−0.209

0.427

0.181

0.082

 S-4

−0.006

−0.188

−0.576

−0.842**

−0.869**

POECILO

 S-1

0.009

−0.045

0.127

0.536

0.269

 S-2

0.518

0.200

0.736*

0.405

0.443

 S-3

0.609*

0.018

0.700*

0.582

0.795

 S-4

−0.450

0.636*

0.176

0.381

0.364

HARPAC

 S-1

−0.310

0.063

0.009

0.090

0.059

 S-2

0.136

0.355

0.382

−0.196

−0.064

 S−3

0.273

−0.246

0.418

−0.023

0.287

 S-4

−0.608

0.297

−0.224

0.297

0.213

  1. NLC non-loricate ciliates, TIN tintinnides, NAUP copepod nauplii, JCOP juvenile copepods, ACOP adult small copepods, CALANO calanoids, CYCLO cyclopoids, POECILO poecilostomatoids, HARPAC harpacticoids
  2. N = 11; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.005 (significant correlations are printed in bold)
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