Archaeal Community Structures in the Solfataric Acidic Hot Springs with Different Temperatures and Elemental Compositions
Table 4
Correlation matrix showing values for Pearson's correlation.
Variables
Shannon
Temp.
Fe
S
Al
Mg
Si
Ca
P
Na
K
As
El. Conc.
Shannon
1.00
−0.87
0.54
0.00
−0.32
−0.41
0.07
−0.71
0.42
0.14
0.14
0.11
0.20
Temp.
−0.87
1.00
−0.40
0.05
0.31
0.12
−0.29
0.29
−0.29
−0.55
−0.55
−0.01
−0.14
Fe
0.54
−0.40
1.00
0.84
0.62
0.34
−0.76
−0.26
0.99
−0.46
−0.46
0.90
0.92
S
0.00
0.05
0.84
1.00
0.95
0.71
−0.93
0.21
0.91
−0.57
−0.57
0.99
0.98
Al
−0.32
0.31
0.62
0.95
1.00
0.82
−0.90
0.44
0.72
−0.57
−0.57
0.90
0.87
Mg
−0.41
0.12
0.34
0.71
0.82
1.00
−0.49
0.82
0.44
−0.02
−0.02
0.61
0.64
Si
0.07
−0.29
−0.76
−0.93
−0.90
−0.49
1.00
0.00
−0.83
0.84
0.84
−0.94
−0.89
Ca
−0.71
0.29
−0.26
0.21
0.44
0.82
0.00
1.00
−0.15
0.33
0.33
0.07
0.08
P
0.42
−0.29
0.99
0.91
0.72
0.44
−0.83
−0.15
1.00
−0.51
−0.51
0.95
0.97
Na
0.14
−0.55
−0.46
−0.57
−0.57
−0.02
0.84
0.33
−0.51
1.00
1.00
−0.62
−0.51
K
0.14
−0.55
−0.46
−0.57
−0.57
−0.02
0.84
0.33
−0.51
1.00
1.00
−0.62
−0.51
As
0.11
−0.01
0.90
0.99
0.90
0.61
−0.94
0.07
0.95
−0.62
−0.62
1.00
0.99
El. conc.
0.20
−0.14
0.92
0.98
0.87
0.64
−0.89
0.08
0.97
−0.51
−0.51
0.99
1.00
Values in bold are different from 0 with a significance level α = 0.10. Diversity indices showed very similar correlations with each other and environmental variables: only Shannon-Weaver index for archaeal clone libraries is shown. Shannon, Temp. and El. Conc. indicate Shannon-Weaver index, Temperature, and total dissolved elemental concentration, respectively.
