Table 5: Pearson Correlation coefficient of heavy metals in sediment.
| Cr_OL | Cr_BL | Cd_OL | Cd_BL | Cu_OL | Cu_BL | Zn_OL | Zn_BL | Pb_OL | Pb_BL | |
| Cr_OL | 1 | |||||||||
| Cr_BL | 0.345 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cd_OL | 0.507 | 0.428 | 1 | |||||||
| Cd_BL | 0.266 | 0.378 | 0.309 | 1 | ||||||
| Cu_OL | -0.301 | 0.587 | -0.111 | 0.314 | 1 | |||||
| Cu_BL | 0.001 | -0.775* | -0.222 | 0.025 | -0.764* | 1 | ||||
| Zn_OL | 0.203 | 0.541 | 0.349 | 0.545 | 0.3 | -0.334 | 1 | |||
| Zn_BL | -0.669 | 0.102 | -0.348 | -0.225 | 0.39 | -0.301 | -0.417 | 1 | ||
| Pb_OL | 0.738* | 0.806* | 0.397 | 0.319 | 0.159 | -0.451 | 0.603 | -0.389 | 1 | |
| Pb_BL | -0.46 | 0.064 | -0.233 | -0.227 | 0.548 | -0.392 | -0.604 | 0.745* | -0.412 | 1 |
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). OL- Ologe Lagoon, BL- Badagry Lagoon.