Table 6 Pearson correlation between the physicochemical characteristics of water and land use in the Stara river catchment.

From: Transformation of water chemistry in the Stara River under climate and land use changes in the Carpathians

Parameter

Arable land

Forest

Agriculture area

Meadows & Pastures

Urban

Arable land

Forest

Agriculture area

Meadows & Pastures

Urban

Arable land

Forest

Agriculture area

Meadows & Pastures

Urban

Arable land

Forest

Agriculture area

Meadows & Pastures

Urban

Arable land

Forest

Agriculture area

Meadows & Pastures

Urban

pH

−0.01

0.01

−0.01

0.01

0.02

0.22

−0.20

0.23

0.01

−0.26

0.35

−0.10

0.16

−0.27

−0.28

−0.03

−0.09

0.06

0.12

0.00

0.15

−0.11

0.13

−0.03

−0.15

EC

0.32

0.05

0.03

−0.39

−0.21

−0.02

−0.17

0.16

0.18

−0.10

0.11

0.18

−0.13

−0.29

−0.01

0.32

0.04

0.04

−0.37

−0.22

0.10

−0.01

0.04

−0.09

−0.09

TDS

0.19

0.27

−0.19

−0.49

−0.02

−0.09

0.03

−0.04

0.05

0.05

0.00

0.32

−0.27

−0.29

0.14

0.26

0.14

−0.06

−0.40

−0.14

0.03

0.14

−0.11

−0.17

0.03

TSS

−0.62

0.42

−0.49

0.21

0.62

−0.25

0.32

−0.34

−0.10

0.34

−0.32

0.14

−0.19

0.21

0.29

−0.58

0.24

−0.34

0.38

0.53

−0.36

0.26

−0.31

0.11

0.38

Ca2+

−0.03

0.48

−0.42

−0.47

0.23

−0.30

0.27

−0.29

−0.01

0.32

−0.27

0.41

−0.42

−0.10

0.37

0.06

0.30

−0.25

−0.34

0.08

−0.18

0.32

−0.31

−0.13

0.27

Mg2+

0.48

−0.18

0.26

−0.31

−0.42

0.04

−0.25

0.24

0.21

−0.17

0.40

−0.12

0.20

−0.31

−0.35

0.66

−0.26

0.39

−0.44

−0.61

0.32

−0.20

0.25

−0.12

−0.33

Na+

0.21

0.25

−0.17

−0.48

−0.05

−0.09

−0.06

0.05

0.14

0.00

−0.01

0.29

−0.25

−0.26

0.12

0.09

0.19

−0.14

−0.27

0.00

−0.01

0.11

−0.09

−0.11

0.04

K+

0.43

−0.28

0.34

−0.15

−0.43

0.40

−0.33

0.37

−0.03

−0.44

0.31

−0.24

0.28

−0.10

−0.33

0.34

−0.24

0.29

−0.13

−0.35

0.33

−0.29

0.32

−0.05

−0.37

HCO3

0.02

0.36

−0.30

−0.39

0.14

−0.16

0.14

−0.15

0.00

0.16

0.03

0.32

−0.27

−0.33

0.12

0.25

0.19

−0.10

−0.43

−0.11

−0.01

0.20

−0.17

−0.18

0.09

SO42−

0.58

−0.22

0.31

−0.38

−0.50

0.22

−0.37

0.38

0.18

−0.35

0.18

−0.14

0.16

−0.06

−0.19

0.20

−0.27

0.28

0.04

−0.26

0.25

−0.25

0.27

0.00

−0.29

Cl

0.12

0.31

−0.24

−0.45

0.04

−0.09

−0.13

0.10

0.20

−0.03

−0.19

0.37

−0.36

−0.15

0.29

−0.06

0.22

−0.20

−0.14

0.12

−0.09

0.13

−0.13

−0.04

0.11

NH4+

0.03

0.14

−0.11

−0.18

0.04

0.27

−0.16

0.19

−0.08

−0.26

0.02

−0.10

0.09

0.07

−0.05

−0.17

0.07

−0.09

0.10

0.13

0.08

−0.05

0.06

−0.03

−0.08

NO3

−0.53

0.49

−0.54

0.04

0.59

−0.27

0.38

−0.39

−0.14

0.37

−0.54

0.46

−0.52

0.14

0.59

−0.39

0.56

−0.58

−0.11

0.53

−0.39

0.45

−0.48

−0.05

0.49

NO2

0.07

0.08

−0.05

−0.16

−0.03

0.33

−0.15

0.20

−0.14

−0.31

0.28

−0.15

0.20

−0.15

−0.27

−0.03

0.20

−0.17

−0.16

0.08

0.20

−0.04

0.09

−0.16

−0.18

PO43−

0.07

0.37

−0.31

−0.45

0.13

0.16

0.36

−0.29

−0.51

0.08

−0.06

0.41

−0.37

−0.31

0.22

−0.06

0.55

−0.49

−0.44

0.28

0.05

0.39

−0.34

−0.42

0.15

TIN

−0.51

0.47

−0.52

0.04

0.57

−0.25

0.36

−0.37

−0.14

0.36

−0.51

0.43

−0.49

0.14

0.56

−0.38

0.55

−0.56

−0.10

0.52

−0.37

0.43

−0.46

−0.05

0.46

Season

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Year