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Table 3 Spearman correlation matrix of zooplankton and environmental parameters

From: Spatio-temporal variation of zooplankton community structure in tropical urban waterbodies along trophic and urban gradients

Variables

Total phosphorus

Surface area (ha)

Shore length (km)

Rotifer density

Rotifer species richness (d)

Rotifer species evenness (J’)

Rotifer species diversity (H′)

Zooplankton density

Total phosphorus

1.00

       

Surface area (ha)

− 0.14

1.00

      

Shore length (km)

− 0.34

0.85

1.00

     

Rotifer density

0.40

0.05

− 0.09

1.00

    

Rotifer species richness (d)

− 0.55

0.11

0.03

− 0.64

1.00

   

Rotifer species evenness (J’)

− 0.42

0.29

0.51

− 0.47

0.35

1.00

  

Rotifer species diversity (H′)

− 0.45

0.44

0.59

− 0.19

0.31

0.91

1.00

 

Zooplankton density

0.45

0.12

−0.04

0.97

− 0.65

− 0.39

− 0.15

1.00

Zooplankton diversity

− 0.73

0.33

0.49

− 0.36

0.60

0.79

0.84

− 0.37

  1. Values in italics are significant different p < 0.05