Table 2 in Macroinvertebrate and vertebrate fauna of temporary pools, Hudson River Valley, New York, USA

Table 2. Spearman rank correlations (rho) of environmental variables with taxon counts (taxon richness). n = 62 for all correlations across both years and both seasons (one exception noted for Cl). Only correlations with p <0.05 are shown.
Pair of variables (environmental and taxon richness)rhopTree cover % and Culicidae richness0.2920.021Tree cover % and total Diptera richness0.2880.023Shrub cover % and Heteroptera richness0.4150.001Herb cover % and total Mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness0.2600.041Herb cover % and Gastropoda richness0.3170.012Herb cover % and total taxon richness0.2740.031Total cover and total mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness0.3090.015Total cover and Gastropoda richness0.3630.004Total cover and Heteroptera richness0.2750.031Total cover and Culicidae richness0.2580.043Total cover and total Diptera richness0.3850.002Total cover and total taxon richness0.5000.000Depth when full and Crustacea richness0.3950.002Depth when full and Heteroptera richness0.4980.000Depth when full and total taxon richness0.4030.001Length*width and Heteroptera richness0.5070.000Length*width and total taxon richness0.4580.000Volume and Crustacea richness0.3490.005Volume and Heteroptera richness0.5470.000Volume and total taxon richness0.4640.000Conductivity and total Mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness0.3910.002Conductivity and Gastropoda richness0.3660.003pH and Coleoptera richness−0.2540.046pH and total taxon richness−0.3000.018Turbidity and Coleoptera richness−0.2720.033Turbidity and Heteroptera richness−0.2740.031Turbidity and total taxon richness−0.4180.001Al and Gastropoda richness−0.3380.028Al and total Mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness−0.3440.026Ca and total Mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness0.3330.008Ca and Gastropoda richness0.2920.021Cu and Gastropoda richness−0.2530.048Cu and total Mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness−0.2730.032Cu and Heteroptera richness−0.2750.031K and Heteroptera richness−0.3880.002K and Coleoptera richness−0.3010.017Mg and total mollusca (snails + bivalves) richness0.2970.019Mg and Gastropoda richness0.2980.019Mg and Crustacea richness−0.2660.036Mg and Heteroptera richness−0.2860.024Na and total mollusca (snails + bivalves)0.4360.000Na and Gastropoda richness0.4030.001Na and total taxon richness0.3130.013P and total mollusca (snails + bivalves)−0.2560.044P and Gastropoda richness−0.2710.033P and Coleoptera richness0.2520.048Hardness (CaCO3) and total Mollusca (snails + bivalves)0.3670.003Hardness (CaCO3) and Gastropoda richness0.3330.008Cl and total taxon richness (second summer only, n = 12)0.6380.025