Submerged Groundwater Discharges as Source of Fecal Material in Protected Karstic Coastal Areas

Table 3

Factor analysis for the Nortes season (Feb 2012). Significant values are in italic. CO: coprostanol; EP: epicoprostanol; CH: cholesterol; CHL: cholestanol; CA: campesterol; STL: stigmastanol; SI: sitosterol; SIL: sitostanol; TC: total carbon; TN: total nitrogen; OM: organic matter; : carbonates.

Variable	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
CO			0.95
EP			0.93
CH		0.77
CHL		0.88
CA		0.88
STL	0.75
SI		0.78
SIL		0.93
TC	0.98
TN	0.89
OM	0.91
	−0.96
Expl. var.
Prp. totl.