Zoological Studies

Table 4 Correlation coefficient of major environmental and mesozooplankton parameters

From: Mesozooplankton community structure in the upper 1,000 m along the western Bay of Bengal during the 2002 fall intermonsoon

Parameter	Number	Spearman R
Parameter	Number	vs. temperature	vs. salinity	vs. dissolved oxygen	vs. chlorophyll a
Biovolume	20	0.83*	-0.73*	0.50*	0.83*
Carbon biomass	20	0.22	-0.54*	0.28	0.39
Abundance	20	0.82*	-0.50*	0.34	0.73*
Groups	20	0.69*	-0.72*	0.46*	0.79*
Shannon diversity	15	0.43	-0.29	0.41	0.41
Species richness	15	-0.35	0.26	-0.06	-0.36
Evenness	15	0.33	0.03	0.14	0.19

*Significant at p < 0.05.

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