Pearson Correlation (r) Kulti-Ghushighata (S1) Malancha (S2) Kanmari (S3) Dhamakhali (S4) Kulti-Ghushighata (S1) 1       Malancha (S2) 0.929 1     Kanmari (S3) 0.627 0.476 1   Dhamakhali (S4) 0.524 0.371 0.892 1

Table 3: Pearson Correlation (r) matrix of total mercury assemblages among the study sites (n=6). In bold, significant values at the level of significance alpha (α)=0.05 (two-tailed test).