Figure 1

Three dimensional surface plots depicting pictorial representation of relationships between selected parameters, a-m being plots of EW/TCW/SAW, EW/T/TCW, EW/S/TCW, EW/pH/S, ES/pH/DO, SW/DO/D, SW//D/pH, SW/S/DO, TCPS/S/D, SAS/VSW/VCW, VCW/TCS/VSW, VCS/TCW/VSS and D/pH/DO respectively. (1) TPCS-total heterotrophic plate count of beach sediment samples (2) EW- Enterococci concentration in seawater (3) ES- Enterococci concentration in beach sediment samples (4) SW- Salmonella typhi concentration in beach water samples (5) SAW- Staphylococcus aureus concentration in beach water samples (6) VCW- Vibro cholerae concentration in beach water samples (7) VCS- Vibrio cholerae concentration in beach sediment samples (8) VSW- Vibrio spp. concentration in beach water samples (9) VSS – Vibrio species concentration in beach sediment samples (10) TCW – Total coliform count of beach water samples (11) TCS- Total coliform count of beach sediment samples (12) FCW – Faecal coliform count of beach water samples (13) FCS- Faecal coliform count of beach sand samples (14) EW- Enterococci concentration in beach water samples (15) T- Beach water temperature in °C (16) DO - Dissolved oxygen in mg/L (17) pH- measure of the activity of the hydrogen ion concentration of beach water sample (18) S- Salinity (in ppt).