A study of low-temperature and mountain epilithic diatom community in mountain stream at the Han River system, Korea

Table 2 Correlation comparison of physicochemical factors in Buk (BC) and Hangae (HG) streams of Gangwon-do, Korea, from May to November 2011

	WT	DO	pH	EC	Tur.	Chl.a	BOD₅	TN	TP	Altitude	Velocity
WT	1.00	−0.29^**	0.57^**	0.15	0.51^**	0.44^**	0.44^**	0.03	0.49^**	−0.64^**	−0.51^**
DO		1.00	0.20	0.19	0.14	0.07	0.04	0.07	0.00	−0.28^*	−.024^*
pH			1.00	0.46^**	0.44^**	0.43^**	0.35^**	0.15	0.41^**	−0.66^**	−0.62^**
Con.				1.00	0.07	0.00	0.09	0.40^**	0.03	−0.40^**	−0.36^**
Tur.					1.00	0.82^**	0.57^**	0.35^**	0.55^**	−0.39^**	−0.41^**
Chl.a						1.00	0.45^**	0.21	0.56^**	−0.38^**	−0.44^**
BOD₅							1.00	0.09	0.40^**	−0.38^**	−0.30^**
TN								1.00	−0.02	−0.02	−0.16
TP									1.00	−0.55^**	−0.60^**
Altitude										1.00	0.73^**
Velocity											1.00

WT water temperature, DO dissolved oxygen, EC electric conductivity, Tur. turbidity, TN total nitrogen, TP total phosphorus
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, n = 80

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