Distribution of Helminth Parasites in Intestines and Their Seasonal Rate of Infestation in Three Freshwater Fishes of Kashmir

Table 14

Correlation between environmental variables and prevalence of Pomphorhynchus Kashmirensis, Adenoscolex oreini, and Bothriocephalus acheilognathi.

Environmental variables

Prevalence of Pomphorhynchus kashmirensis

Prevalence of Adenoscolex oreini

Prevalence of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi

Dal Lake

River Jhelum

Dal Lake

River Jhelum

Dal Lake

River Jhelum

Pearson’s coef.

Spearman’s rho

Pearson’s coef.

Spearman’s rho

Pearson’s coef.

Spearman’s rho

Pearson’s coef.

Spearman’s rho

Pearson’s coef.

Spearman’s rho

Pearson’s coef.

Spearman’s rho

Temperature

Oxygen

−.842

−.825

−.451

−.350

−.755

−.643

−.105

−.084

−.297

−.280

.017

.056

pH

.420

−.227

−.266

.487

.601

−.111

−.182

.231

.231

.182

.364

Carbon dioxide

.682

.021

.522

−.007

−.035

.529

.322

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).