Research Article
Concentrations and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Seawater around Langkawi Island, Malaysia
Table 4
Correlation coefficient between individual PAH concentrations.
| | Nap | M1Nap | M2Nap | Acy | Ace | Fl | Phe | Ant | FIu | Pyr | BaA | Chr | BbF | BkF | BaP | InP | DBA | BgP |
| Nap | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1MNap | 0.90
**
| 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2MNap | 0.88
**
| 0.66 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Acy | 0.82
*
| 0.91
**
| 0.52 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ace | 0.87* | 0.67 | 0.83
*
| 0.56 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fl | 0.34 | 0.54 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Phe | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.14 | −0.56 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ant | −0.11 | −0.32 | −0.18 | −0.04 | 0.13 | −0.77* | 0.69 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | FIu | −0.15 | −0.21 | −0.05 | −0.28 | −0.18 | −0.24 | 0.04 | −0.27 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Pyr | 0.02 | −0.01 | −0.20 | 0.39 | −0.10 | −0.36 | 0.82
*
| 0.68 | −0.07 | 1 | | | | | | | | | BaA | 0.00 | −0.02 | −0.23 | 0.36 | −0.17 | −0.37 | 0.86
*
| 0.60 | 0.05 | 0.98
**
| 1 | | | | | | | | Chr | −0.11 | −0.19 | −0.28 | 0.21 | −0.09 | −0.50 | 0.76
*
| 0.87
*
| −0.32 | 0.92
**
| 0.86
*
| 1 | | | | | | | BbF | 0.04 | 0.20 | −0.11 | 0.47 | −0.14 | 0.36 | −0.03 | −0.04 | −0.03 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 1 | | | | | | BkF | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.05 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.08 | −0.26 | 0.64 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.92
**
| 1 | | | | | BaP | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.06 | 0.23 | −0.32 | 0.10 | 0.32 | −0.04 | 0.51 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.31 | 0.67 | 0.57 | 1 | | | | InP | −0.57 | −0.59 | −0.53 | −0.40 | −0.67 | −0.46 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.66 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.29 | 0.06 | −0.09 | 0.65 | 1 | | | DBA | −0.10 | 0.04 | −0.22 | 0.20 | −0.44 | 0.10 | 0.30 | −0.26 | 0.64 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.09 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.88** | 0.72 | 1 | | BgP | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.73 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.79
*
| 0.84
*
| 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 1 |
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Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2 tailed). *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2 tailed).
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