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Figure 4

From: Validation of the Enterococci indicator for bacteriological quality monitoring of beaches in Malaysia using a multivariate approach

Figure 4

(a): Loading plots based on contribution of each quality parameter (a) towards the first and second component in PCA and (b) towards the first and second factor in FA (1) TPCS-total heterotrophic plate count of beach sediment samples (2) EW- Enterococci concentration in seawater (3) ES- Enterococc 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) AW- Aeromonas hydrophila concentration in beach water samples (15) EW- Enterococci concentration in beach water samples (16) SAS- Staphylococcus aureus counts of beach sediment samples (17) T(W)- Beach water temperature in 0C (18) D(W) - Dissolved oxygen in % air saturation (19) DO(W) - Dissolved oxygen in mg/L (20) pH(W)- measure of the activity of the hydrogen ion concentration of beach water sample (21) S(W)- Salinity (in ppt).

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