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Table 5 Correlation coefficient between the weeks of study, micronutrients and bacterial counts in the gut of Clarias gariepinus sampled across farms in Ibadan municipal zones

From: Relationship pattern of enteric bacterial load and assessed micronutrients in the gut of Clarias gariepinus fish sampled in the Ibadan municipal zone

 

Mn

Fe

Cu

Zn

Pb

Ni

Cr

K

Na

Cd

Co

BC

Wks

Mn

1

.543

− .315

.122

− .691

− .020

− .196

.807

.454a

− .268

− .298

.533

− .786

Fe

.543

1

− .820

.453a

− .621

− .660

− .344

.460a

− .114

− .194

− .124

.487

− .724

Cu

− .315

− .820

1

− .859

.712

.758

− .128

− .023

.220

− .082

− .140

− .273

.783

Zn

.122

.453a

− .859

1

− .578

− .604

.602

− .224

− .080

.363a

.400a

.209

− .655

Pb

− .691

− .621

.712

− .578

1

.568

− .126

− .298

− .209

− .200

− .176

− .041

.822

Ni

− .020

− .660

.758

− .604

.568

1

− .135

.155

.122

− .516

− .577

.076

.321

Cr

− .196

− .344

− .128

.602

− .126

− .135

1

− .418a

.303

.746

.722

− .067

− .051

K

.807

.460a

− .023

− .224

− .298

.155

− .418a

1

.475

− .390a

− .388a

.626

− .454a

Na

.454a

− .114

.220

− .080

− .209

.122

.303

.475

1

.335

.312

.244

− .112

Cd

− .268

− .194

− .082

.363a

− .200

− .516

.746

− .390a

.335

1

.989

− .343

.189

Co

− .298

− .124

− .140

.400a

− .176

− .577

.722

− .388a

.312

.989

1

− .287

.184

BC

.533

.487

− .273

.209

− .041

.076

− .067

.626

.244

− .343

− .287

1

− .502

Wks

− .786

− .724

.783

− .655

.822

.321

− .051

− .454a

− .112

.189

.184

− .502

1

  1. Values with alphabets across the rows are significant at P < 0.05 level
  2. K, Potassium; Na, sodium; Mn, manganese; Fe, iron; Cu, copper; Zn, zinc; Pb, lead; Ni, nickel; Cr, chromium; Cd, cadmium; Co, cobalt; BC, bacterial counts; and Wks, weeks of study