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Table 17
Raw data correlation coefficient for the Quebec dataset

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Chlorophyll a
Ammonia
Nitrites-nitrates
pH
Phosphorus
Turbidity
Chlorophyll a
...
0.031
0.141
0.291
0.261
0.161
Ammonia
0.212
...
0.141
0.001
0.381
0.111
Nitrites-nitrates
0.362
0.452
...
0.241
0.251
0.291
pH
0.342
0.122
0.432
...
0.131
0.071
Phosphorus
0.552
0.462
0.592
0.342
...
0.391
Turbidity
0.402
0.372
0.532
0.182
0.752
...
Notes:
1. The values above the diagonal represent Pearson’s correlation coefficients.
2. The values above the diagonal represent Spearman’s correlation coefficients.
Data source: Data come from federal, provincial and joint water quality surveillance programs.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Environment Accounts and Statistics Technical Paper Series, volume 2007, number 3, Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, catalogue number 16-001-MWE.