A new comparative study of zooplankton from oceanic, shelf and harbour waters, south-east coast, Jamaica

Zoological Studies

Table 4 Correlation matrix relating physicochemical and biological parameters found to be significantly different across stations

Variable	Station	Distance	Temperature	Salinity	DO	pH	Specific conductivity	TDS	ORP	Phosphorus	Number of species	Abundance	Calanoida	Cladocera	Larvae	Cnidaria	Decapoda	Net	Nano	Pico
Station	1
Distance	0.99	1
Temperature	−0.35	−0.35	1
Salinity	0.62	0.57	−0.05	1
DO	0.37	0.37	−0.49	0.21	1
pH	−0.5	−0.55	0.53	−0.3	−0.44	1
Specific conductivity	0.56	0.51	−0.12	0.95	0.35	−0.37	1
TDS	0.62	0.59	−0.08	0.95	0.33	−0.3	0.92	1
ORP	0.57	0.6	−0.74	0.11	0.46	−0.84	0.18	0.11	1
Phosphorus	−0.44	−0.42	0.68	−0.29	−0.51	0.2	−0.36	−0.33	−0.38	1
Number of species	0.53	0.46	−0.33	0.6	0.14	−0.27	0.61	0.57	0.28	−0.21	1
Total abundance	−0.6	−0.53	0.16	−0.62	−0.15	0.22	−0.61	−0.57	−0.19	0.16	−0.65	1
Calanoida	−0.59	−0.56	0.22	−0.68	−0.24	0.39	−0.69	−0.68	−0.37	0.25	−0.54	0.68	1
Cladocera	−0.55	−0.5	0.09	−0.38	−0.05	0.15	−0.34	−0.32	−0.17	0.13	−0.42	0.73	0.55	1
Larvae	−0.32	−0.26	0.07	−0.32	−0.04	0.01	−0.3	−0.25	0.02	0.03	−0.47	0.82	0.16	0.48	1
Cnidaria	−0.46	−0.41	−0.01	−0.56	−0.08	0.1	−0.57	−0.51	−0.14	0.08	−0.41	0.45	0.71	0.54	0	1
Decapoda	−0.56	−0.51	0.05	−0.51	−0.11	0.08	−0.48	−0.48	−0.17	0.01	−0.56	0.6	0.33	0.2	0.56	0.31	1
Net	−0.69	−0.66	0.66	−0.57	−0.5	0.49	−0.62	−0.6	−0.6	0.54	−0.67	0.57	0.45	0.22	0.45	0.22	0.69	1
Nano	−0.76	−0.73	0.48	−0.51	−0.33	0.55	−0.48	−0.4	−0.62	0.43	−0.5	0.56	0.58	0.59	0.29	0.46	0.27	0.52	1
Pico	−0.54	−0.52	0.73	−0.44	−0.45	0.66	−0.47	−0.35	−0.7	0.5	−0.58	0.48	0.44	0.28	0.33	0.18	0.3	0.71	0.69	1

All marked station correlations are significant at p < 0.05000, N = 40 (casewise deletion of missing data). Significant correlations indicated by coefficient of determination values ≥0.50.