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Table 2 Spearman’s rank correlations between environmental parameters and FIO concentrations in rivers Rhine and Moselle, respectively

From: Prediction of fecal indicator organism concentrations in rivers: the shifting role of environmental factors under varying flow conditions

 

Water temp

pH

Conductivity

GSI(3d-sum)

RAIN(5d-sum)

O2

Turbidity

Discharge

Rhine

 E. coli

− 0.41

− 0.47

− 0.28

− 0.51

0.64

0.15

0.52

0.56

 Enterococci

− 0.50

− 0.34

− 0.17

− 0.61

0.48

0.26

0.53

0.45

 Coliphages

− 0.62

− 0.27

− 0.07

− 0.72

0.44

0.36

0.45

0.38

Moselle

 E. coli

− 0.25

− 0.38

− 0.27

− 0.30

0.47

0.12

0.60

0.52

 Enterococci

− 0.22

− 0.45

− 0.22

− 0.34

0.49

0.06

0.53

0.45

 Coliphages

− 0.70

− 0.31

− 0.43

− 0.58

0.41

0.41

0.54

0.77

  1. Correlation analyses were performed on the z-standardized data of the overall dataset including both sampling periods. Significant correlations (p < 0.05) are shown in italics