Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients for some ecologically sensitive calcareous nannofossil taxa.
N. modestus | Cruciplacolithus spp. | C. danicus | W. barnesiae | A. cymbiformis | M. staurophora | C. ehrenbergii | M. murus | Z. sigmoides | B. constans | P. cretacea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neochiastozygus modestus | 1 | ||||||||||
Cruciplacolithus spp. | 0.99 | 1 | |||||||||
Chiasmolithus danicus | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1 | ||||||||
Watznaueria barnesiae | −0.65 | −0.66 | −0.66 | 1 | |||||||
Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis | −0.77 | −0.78 | −0.78 | −0.13 | 1 | ||||||
Micula staurophora | −0.51 | −0.52 | −0.52 | −0.21 | 0.86 | 1 | |||||
Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii | −0.23 | −0.23 | −0.23 | −0.12 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 1 | ||||
Micula murus | −0.29 | −0.30 | −0.30 | 0.67 | −0.10 | −0.06 | −0.10 | 1 | |||
Zeugrhabdotus sigmoides | −0.17 | −0.17 | −0.16 | 0.16 | 0.48 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.13 | 1 | ||
Biscutum constans | −0.32 | −0.31 | −0.30 | 0.44 | 0.34 | −0.25 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.64 | 1 | |
Prediscosphaera cretacea | −0.62 | −0.53 | −0.50 | −0.23 | −0.35 | −0.46 | −0.62 | −0.44 | −0.56 | 0.29 | 1 |