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Table 3 Spearman rank order correlation results for association between fish abundance and the physico-chemical parameters at the Mara River and tributaries, n = 5

From: Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania

Variable

Site 1

Site 2

Site 3

Site 4

Site 5

Dissolved Oxygen

0.65***

0.62***

0.44**

−

−

pH

0.52**

0.28*

−

−

−

Conductivity

0.24*

−

0.27*

−

−

Turbidity

0.38**

−

−

−

−

Temperature

0.66***

0.74***

−

0.18

0.38**

Hardness

−

−

−

−

−

Salinity

−

−

−

−

−

  1. p <0.1, *p <0.05 **p <0.001 ***p <0.005; denotes strengths of correlation at different sites. Dissolved oxygen and temperature correlated strongly with fish abundance at sites 1, 2 and 3.