Research Article

Water Quality Assessment of Tributaries of Batang Baleh in Sarawak Using Cluster Analysis

Table 4

Correlation matrix of physicochemical parameters collected from the tributary stations along the Batang Baleh.

TemperaturepHDOConductivityTurbidityChl aTSSBOD5TAN-N + -NOrg-NTP

Temperature1.000
pH0.1741.000
DO-0.2440.1561.000
Conductivity-0.1740.3860.0901.000
Turbidity0.093-0.1750.166-0.5561.000
Chl a0.280-0.105-0.018-0.4300.8931.000
TSS0.030-0.1680.279-0.5990.9820.8141.000
BOD5-0.410-0.0900.5790.292-0.175-0.428-0.0711.000
TAN0.262-0.191-0.391-0.2370.1680.4340.070-0.4331.000
-N + -N-0.364-0.3250.3820.302-0.274-0.389-0.2410.658-0.2771.000
Org-N0.175-0.2760.551-0.2240.3860.3600.4350.3220.2100.1931.000
TP-0.102-0.1920.416-0.4020.5630.3510.6380.436-0.0400.1460.6781.000

indicates significant correlation at value ≤ 0.05