Urban mosquitoes and filamentous green algae: their biomonitoring role in heavy metal pollution in open drainage channels in Nairobi industrial area, Kenya

Table 6 Inter-elemental correlation of heavy metal concentrations in samples of wastewater and filamentous green algae

Pairs correlated	Correlation co-efficient (r value)	P value
Pb (algae^a) & Hg (algae)	0.957	0.043*
Pb (algae) & Pb (wastewater)	− 0.974	0.026*
Pb (wastewater) & Hg (algae)	− 0.921	0.079
Cd (algae) & Cr (algae)	0.985	0.015*
Cd (algae) & Hg (algae)	0.928	0.072
Tl (wastewater) & Cd (wastewater)	0.631	0.069
Tl (algae) & Hg (algae)	0.946	0.054
Tl (algae) & Cr (algae)	0.924	0.076
Tl (algae) & Cd (algae)	0.939	0.061

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