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Table 1 Correlations between Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb concentrations in soil, nettle leaves, and snail body

From: Bioaccumulative and conchological assessment of heavy metal transfer in a soil-plant-snail food chain

 

Log

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Log

Log

Cu(S)

Zn(S)

Cd(S)

Pb(S)

Cu(U)

Zn(U)

Cd(U)

Pb(U)

Cu(SF)

Zn(SF)

Cd(SF)

Pb(SF)

Cu(HP)

Zn(HP)

Cd(HP)

Pb(HP)

Log Cu(S)

 

0.95***

0.31 ns

0.81*

0.67 ns

0.85**

0.83*

0.61 ns

0.45 ns

0.34 ns

0.34 ns

0.26 ns

0.20 ns

0.05 ns

0.25 ns

0.37 ns

Log Zn(S)

  

0.22 ns

0.88**

0.45 ns

0.93**

0.80*

0.69 ns

0.25 ns

0.11 ns

0.11 ns

0.03 ns

-0.02 ns

-0.11 ns

0.08 ns

0.15 ns

Log Cd(S)

   

0.25 ns

0.47 ns

0.11 ns

0.18 ns

0.31 ns

0.59 ns

0.58 ns

0.58 ns

-0.07 ns

0.87**

0.52 ns

0.64 ns

0.81*

Log Pb(S)

    

0.52 ns

0.90**

0.82*

0.76*

0.38 ns

-0.02 ns

-0.02 ns

-0.23 ns

0.029 ns

-0.01 ns

0.02 ns

0.10 ns

Log Cu(U)

     

0.46 ns

0.66 ns

0.40 ns

0.90**

0.67 ns

0.50 ns

0.46 ns

0.62 ns

0.60 ns

0.58 ns

0.75*

Log Zn(U)

      

0.90**

0.87**

0.35 ns

-0.07 ns

-0.07 ns

-0.13 ns

-0.12 ns

-0.07 ns

-0.03 ns

0.10 ns

Log Cd(U)

       

0.84*

0.52 ns

0.06 ns

0.08 ns

0.04 ns

0.03 ns

0.14 ns

0.14 ns

0.31 ns

Log Pb(U)

        

0.48 ns

-0.16 ns

-0.06 ns

-0.38 ns

0.05 ns

0.07 ns

-0.01 ns

0.27 ns

Log Cu(SF)

         

0.59 ns

0.49 ns

0.24 ns

0.74*

0.67 ns

0.55 ns

0.84**

Log Zn(SF)

          

0.88**

0.74*

0.73*

0.74*

0.90**

0.80*

Log Cd(SF)

           

0.75*

0.59 ns

0.66 ns

0.83*

0.80*

Log Pb(SF)

            

0.21 ns

0.41 ns

0.56 ns

0.39 ns

Log Cu(HP)

             

0.57 ns

0.63 ns

0.89**

Log Zn(HP)

              

0.90**

0.74*

Log Cd(HP)

               

0.80*

Log Pb(HP)

                
  1. Note. *** – p < 0.001, ** – p < 0.01, * – p < 0.05, ns – p > 0.05.
  2. Abbreviations. Cu(S) – copper concentrations in soil, Cu(U) – copper concentrations in nettle leaves, Cu(SF) – copper concentrations in snail foot, Cu(HP) – copper concentrations in snail hepatopancreas, Zn(S) – zinc concentrations in soil, Zn(U) – zinc concentrations in nettle leaves, Zn(SF) – zinc concentrations in snail foot, Zn(HP) – zinc concentrations in snail hepatopancreas, Cd(S) – cadmium concentrations in soil, Cd(U) – cadmium concentrations in nettle leaves, Cd(SF) – cadmium concentrations in snail foot, Cd(HP) – cadmium concentrations in snail hepatopancreas, Pb(S) – lead concentrations in soil, Pb(U) – lead concentrations in nettle leaves, Pb(SF) – lead concentrations in snail foot, Pb(HP) – lead concentrations in snail hepatopancreas.