Regional Analysis on Decadal Variation in Aspects of Water Quality in Three Contrasting Coastal Systems of Ishikawa Coast, Japan

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation matrix of some water quality parameters at KNA, NTA, and NNA on Ishikawa coast.

	DO	pH	COD	Year	Area
DO	1
pH	−0.086	1
COD	0.066	0.359**	1
Year	0.548**	−0.502**	−0.026	1
Area	0.107	0.012	−0.249**	−0.016	1

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).