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Table 4 Pearson bivariate linear correlation coefficient r

From: Critical evaluation of the microbial turnover to biomass approach for the estimation of biogenic non-extractable residues (NER)

 

tAA

CO2

Yield

Low MTB

High MTB

tAA

*

    

CO2

0.58

*

   

Yield

0.15

0.07

*

  

Low MTB

0.56

0.84

0.51

*

 

High MTB

0.54

0.75

0.62

0.98

*

Average MTB

0.54

0.77

0.59

0.99

0.999

  1. For n is 14, rcrit (5% significance level) is at 0.53. tAA is total amino acids or amino acid extract; Yield is calculated from Eq. 1. Low MTB is calculated from Eq. 3; High MTB from Eq. 2; Average MTB is (low MTB + high MTB)/2