Table 4

Table 4.2 Correlation coefficients (r) and probabilities (p) from analyses between BOD and physical and biological
parameters for the mainstem Cape Fear, Black, and Northeast Cape Fear Rivers, January 1996-May 1999.

			NC11
	BOD5	BOD5LOAD		BOD20	BOD20LOAD	TURB

TEMP	ns	-0.379		ns	-0.452	-0.344
	ns	0.016		ns	0.001	0.029

TURB	0.444	0.671		ns	0.614	1.000
	0.005	0.001		ns	0.001	0.0

FC	0.518	0.505		0.353	0.448	0.858
	0.001	0.001		0.026	0.004	0.001

FLOW	ns	0.876		ns	0.831	0.736
	ns	0.001		ns	0.001	0.001

FLOW7	ns	0.505		ns	0.661	ns
	ns	0.001		ns	0.001	ns
			B210

TEMP	0.321	ns		ns	ns	ns
	0.047	ns		ns	ns	ns

FLOW	ns	0.893		0.343	0.854	ns
	ns	0.001		0.044	0.001	ns

FLOW7	ns	0.891		0.455	0.923	ns
	ns	0.001		0.006	0.001	ns
			NCF117

TURB	0.536	0.353		0.685	0.481	1.000
	0.001	0.035		0.001	0.003	0.0

FC	0.358	ns		0.675	ns	0.717
	0.025	ns		0.001	ns	0.001

FLOW	0.682	0.678		0.579	0.757	0.541
	0.001	0.001		0.001	0.001	0.001

FLOW7	0.738	0.738		0.617	0.805	0.515
	0.001	0.001		0.001	0.001	0.003

TEMP=water temperature, TURB=turbidity, FC=fecal coliform abundance, FLOW=flow on day of sampling,
FLOW7=average flow for seven days preceding sampling, ns=not significant