Table 2 Pearson correlation analyses between temperature, salinity, precipitation, and the abundances of pelagic A. cf. tsuensis, benthic eggs, ready-to-hatch eggs and resting eggs.

From: Temporal and spatial distributions of calanoid copepod eggs in intertidal sediment of a tropical coastal lagoon

 

Temperature

Salinity

Precipitation

Abundance of

pelagic A. cf. tsuensis

 

coefficient

p value

coefficient

p value

coefficient

p value

coefficient

p value

Abundance of benthic eggs

-0.10

0.69

-0.01

0.98

-0.18

0.46

0.02

0.92

Abundance of ready-to-hatch eggs

0.49*

0.03

-0.04

0.87

0.65**

0.003

0.50*

0.03

Abundance of resting eggs

-0.06

0.82

0.02

0.95

-0.13

0.60

0.11

0.64

Abundance of pelagic A. cf. tsuensis

0.08

0.74

0.12

0.62

0.28

0.24

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  1. ** correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; * correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
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