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Table 6 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient values between exposure concentration uptake parameters; n = 5

From: Cadmium uptake kinetics in parts of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at high exposure concentrations

Variables

Blades

Sheaths

Rhizomes

Roots

Cmax

0.9*

1.0***

1.0***

 

Km

− 0.3ns

0.1ns

− 1.0***

 

Cmax/(2 × Km)

0.9*

0.4ns

1.0***

 

Ceq

0.9*

1.0***

0.8ns

1.0***

Teq

− 0.41ns

− 0.3ns

− 0.9*

0.737ns

Vc

1.0***

1.0***

1.0***

1.0***

BCF

− 0.5ns

0.0ns

− 0.7ns

0.6ns

  1. For abbreviations, see Tables 2 and 5
  2. nsNon significant; * p < 0.05; *** p < 0.001