The Prevalence of Bacteria Commonly Related to the Production of Mussels and Oysters in Saldanha Bay

Table 4

Correlations between physicochemical parameters, rainfall, and total MPN count in seawater and shellfish.

		Shellfish (MPN count 100 ml)	Water (MPN count 100 ml)
Shellfish (MPN count 100 ml)	Pearson correlation	1	0.997
	Sig. (2-tailed)		<0.001
	N	14	11
Water (MPN count 100 ml)	Pearson correlation	0.9977	1
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.001
	N	11	13
Temperature (°C)	Pearson correlation	−0.029	−0.048
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.933	0.881
	N	11	12
Dissolved oxygen (ppm)	Pearson correlation	0.030	0.042
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.931	0.897
	N	11	12
Salinity (psu)	Pearson correlation	−0.442	−0.357
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.174	0.254
	N	11	12
Average monthly rainfall (mm)	Pearson correlation	0.245	0.243
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.467	0.446
	N	11	12

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