Total Variance Explained

Benya Lagoon

Component

Initial Eigenvalues

Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings

Total

% of Variance

Cumulative %

Total

% of Variance

Cumulative %

1

2.677

44.621

44.621

2.677

44.621

44.621

2

1.660

27.674

72.295

1.660

27.674

72.295

3

.773

12.891

85.186

.773

12.891

85.186

4

.617

10.287

95.473

.617

10.287

95.473

5

.272

4.527

100.000

.272

4.527

100.000

Fosu Lagoon

1

2.625

43.752

43.752

2.625

43.752

43.752

2

1.598

26.633

70.385

1.598

26.633

70.385

3

.712

11.862

82.247

.712

11.862

82.247

4

.488

8.139

90.387

.488

8.139

90.387

5

.327

5.442

95.829

.327

5.442

95.829

6

.250

4.171

100.000

.250

4.171

100.000

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Table 8: Total variance of data explained by physicochemical factors in the Benya and Fosu Lagoons extracted by PCA