The Scientific World Journal / 2012 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Toxic Metals Enrichment in the Surficial Sediments of a Eutrophic Tropical Estuary (Cochin Backwaters, Southwest Coast of India) Table 2 (a) Correlation analysis of different parameters during monsoon and premonsoon (zone 1). (b) Correlation analysis of different parameters during monsoon and premonsoon (zone 2). (c) Correlation analysis of different parameters during monsoon and premonsoon (zone 3).
(a) Monsoon Salinity Sand Slit Clay C Fe Mn Zn Cd Pb Cu Ni Cr Co Salinity 1.00 Sand 0.23 1.00 Slit −0.21 −0.60 1.00 Clay −0.32 −0.88 0.35 1.00 C −0.53 −0.69 0.65 0.70 1.00 Fe −0.62 −0.75 0.52 0.79 0.82 1.00 Mn −0.08 −0.60 0.46 0.56 0.68 0.68 1.00 Zn −0.53 −0.39 0.43 0.49 0.76 0.74 0.66 1.00 Cd −0.52 −0.45 0.44 0.49 0.74 0.70 0.60 0.93 1.00 Pb −0.37 −0.52 0.45 0.54 0.78 0.76 0.69 0.73 0.77 1.00 Cu −0.42 −0.53 0.43 0.63 0.85 0.71 0.77 0.81 0.80 0.82 1.00 Ni −0.41 −0.81 0.63 0.80 0.76 0.90 0.75 0.65 0.60 0.64 0.68 1.00 Cr −0.51 −0.64 0.47 0.71 0.85 0.75 0.65 0.71 0.73 0.79 0.95 0.72 1.00 Co −0.38 −0.50 0.38 0.58 0.62 0.73 0.65 0.59 0.57 0.72 0.61 0.66 0.54 1.00 Premonsoon Salinity Sand % Clay % Silt % C Fe Mn Zn Cd Pb Cu Ni Cr Co Salinity 1.00 Sand % −0.04 1.00 Clay % 0.03 −0.82 1.00 Silt % −0.02 −0.76 0.38 1.00 C −0.61 −0.53 0.42 0.50 1.00 Fe −0.38 −0.63 0.56 0.55 0.87 1.00 Mn −0.21 −0.39 0.56 0.10 0.63 0.67 1.00 Zn −0.53 −0.53 0.36 0.56 0.82 0.69 0.42 1.00 Cd −0.56 −0.43 0.22 0.57 0.86 0.72 0.44 0.87 1.00 Pb −0.69 −0.18 0.00 0.33 0.82 0.60 0.41 0.81 0.81 1.00 Cu −0.58 −0.32 0.21 0.45 0.78 0.62 0.46 0.75 0.72 0.86 1.00 Ni 0.04 −0.78 0.75 0.62 0.52 0.66 0.67 0.45 0.47 0.23 0.35 1.00 Cr −0.38 −0.34 0.33 0.29 0.68 0.65 0.50 0.70 0.52 0.67 0.76 0.26 1.00 Co −0.42 −0.44 0.48 0.27 0.82 0.76 0.79 0.61 0.60 0.67 0.65 0.54 0.66 1.00
(b)
Monsoon Salinity Sand Slit Clay C Fe Mn Zn Cd Pb Cu Ni Cr Co Salinity 1.00 Sand 0.21 1.00 Slit −0.05 −0.81 1.00 Clay −0.28 −0.90 0.48 1.00 C −0.06 −0.69 0.51 0.65 1.00 Fe −0.20 −0.88 0.62 0.86 0.81 1.00 Mn −0.22 −0.68 0.57 0.60 0.73 0.72 1.00 Zn 0.00 −0.52 0.43 0.46 0.86 0.67 0.73 1.00 Cd 0.05 −0.49 0.39 0.45 0.90 0.70 0.70 0.87 1.00 Pb −0.01 −0.57 0.35 0.60 0.78 0.76 0.42 0.72 0.74 1.00 Cu 0.01 −0.57 0.47 0.51 0.87 0.73 0.60 0.89 0.86 0.89 1.00 Ni −0.26 −0.88 0.58 0.89 0.78 0.93 0.61 0.65 0.61 0.73 0.68 1.00 Cr −0.31 −0.78 0.45 0.83 0.46 0.84 0.43 0.31 0.27 0.52 0.36 0.87 1.00 Co −0.09 −0.42 0.40 0.33 0.76 0.58 0.62 0.90 0.68 0.59 0.77 0.56 0.26 1.00 Premonsoon Salinity Sand Slit Clay C Fe Mn Zn Cd Pb Cu Ni Cr Co Salinity 1 Sand 0.26 1 Slit −0.39 −0.84 1 Clay −0.11 −0.92 0.55 1 C −0.24 −0.89 0.71 0.84 1 Fe −0.47 −0.89 0.83 0.75 0.79 1 Mn −0.21 −0.65 0.55 0.60 0.57 0.66 1 Zn −0.18 −0.60 0.69 0.42 0.79 0.61 0.41 1 Cd −0.23 −0.59 0.48 0.56 0.63 0.72 0.36 0.58 1 Pb −0.04 −0.44 0.58 0.25 0.52 0.64 0.44 0.73 0.47 1 Cu −0.24 −0.64 0.77 0.42 0.76 0.76 0.51 0.90 0.63 0.84 1 Ni −0.26 −0.94 0.79 0.86 0.84 0.83 0.70 0.53 0.50 0.44 0.59 1 Cr −0.30 −0.96 0.77 0.90 0.85 0.88 0.73 0.54 0.56 0.47 0.60 0.98 1 Co −0.48 −0.45 0.40 0.39 0.35 0.68 0.71 0.18 0.37 0.43 0.37 0.56 0.59 1
(c) Monsoon Salinity Sand Slit Clay C Fe Mn Zn Cd Pb Cu Ni Cr Co Salinity 1.00 Sand −0.26 1.00 Slit 0.26 −0.78 1.00 Clay 0.21 −0.92 0.47 1.00 C 0.12 −0.87 0.49 0.92 1.00 Fe 0.32 −0.79 0.80 0.60 0.65 1.00 Mn 0.23 −0.71 0.78 0.51 0.57 0.90 1.00 Zn 0.41 −0.79 0.66 0.69 0.67 0.84 0.70 1.00 Cd 0.29 −0.81 0.79 0.64 0.78 0.73 0.69 0.56 1.00 Pb −0.11 −0.72 0.66 0.59 0.63 0.70 0.80 0.58 0.54 1.00 Cu 0.31 −0.86 0.87 0.67 0.74 0.85 0.78 0.79 0.85 0.64 1.00 Ni 0.20 −0.67 0.76 0.46 0.64 0.75 0.77 0.67 0.84 0.60 0.88 1.00 Cr 0.46 −0.80 0.86 0.58 0.60 0.83 0.81 0.83 0.72 0.66 0.90 0.77 1.00 Co −0.11 −0.54 0.73 0.29 0.47 0.66 0.79 0.36 0.77 0.72 0.68 0.78 0.58 1.00 Premonsoon Salinity Sand Slit Clay C Fe Mn Zn Cd Pb Cu Ni Cr Co Salinity 1.00 Sand −0.25 1.00 Slit 0.21 −0.96 1.00 Clay 0.26 −0.91 0.75 1.00 C 0.35 −0.73 0.72 0.63 1.00 Fe 0.42 −0.79 0.83 0.61 0.77 1.00 Mn 0.35 −0.82 0.73 0.82 0.62 0.66 1.00 Zn 0.22 −0.59 0.63 0.45 0.65 0.51 0.38 1.00 Cd 0.07 −0.60 0.66 0.42 0.70 0.66 0.40 0.52 1.00 Pb 0.18 −0.66 0.71 0.48 0.70 0.62 0.60 0.47 0.31 1.00 Cu 0.17 −0.88 0.84 0.81 0.77 0.66 0.78 0.57 0.58 0.65 1.00 Ni 0.39 −0.87 0.82 0.81 0.85 0.79 0.80 0.70 0.69 0.53 0.88 1.00 Cr 0.37 −0.89 0.85 0.81 0.83 0.70 0.79 0.66 0.62 0.65 0.89 0.88 1.00 Co 0.14 −0.90 0.86 0.83 0.58 0.57 0.84 0.46 0.48 0.63 0.85 0.74 0.84 1.00