Table 3 Correlation between the alpha diversity and water quality indexes.

From: Bacterial communities and potential waterborne pathogens within the typical urban surface waters

 

Richness

Chao1

Shannon

Temperature

0.55*

0.60*

0.23

pH

0.32

0.49

0.08

EC

0.36

0.50

0.06

TB

0.09

0.11

0.13

Nitrate

0.61*

0.62*

0.25

Chloride

0.46

0.60*

0.28

Turbidity

0.13

0.19

−0.16

AN

0.28

0.32

0.19

TP

0.23

0.27

0.23

TN

0.62*

0.64**

0.26

  1. Significant correlation coefficient at: *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01.
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