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Table 2-9. Results of Kendall's tau analysis on residuals (from various water quality parameters regressed against flow) versus<br />

time. Yellow shading indicates a statistically significant decreasing trend; blue shading indicates a statistically significant<br />

increasing trend.<br />

ALAFIA AT LITHIA<br />

Parameter Residual Residual Median n p Value intercept slope<br />

Conductance -15.5800 250 0.0000 408.3210 -0.01459<br />

Dissolved Oxygen -0.0570 194 0.5140 0.6278 -0.00002<br />

pH -0.0043 234 0.0000 -2.7960 0.00010<br />

NOx -0.0079 186 0.0168 1.0721 -0.00004<br />

Phosphorus -0.4750 249 0.0000 22.0165 -0.00064<br />

Hardness -5.7500 118 0.0131 79.6733 -0.00314<br />

Calcium -0.4370 188 0.0000 41.1177 -0.00132<br />

Magnesium 0.0210 188 0.0295 2.2041 -0.00007<br />

Sodium -1.0410 187 0.2962 4.4662 -0.00188<br />

Potassium 0.0583 188 0.0000 -3.3258 0.00012<br />

Chloride -0.0300 195 0.0000 27.9862 -0.00095<br />

Sulfate -2.6600 188 0.0000 101.0630 -0.00354<br />

Fluoride -0.3910 191 0.0000 12.6430 -0.00045<br />

Iron -0.9400 131 0.0000 -156.5600 0.00527<br />

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