Abstract:
From 24 samles of sea waters collected from Hua Hin beach monthly during July-December 2000, correction among coliform, E.coli, vibrio spp. and streptococci were determined. It was found that E.coli corrected to coliform bacteria by coefficient of determination of 53.5%. Vibrio spp. correlated to coliform and E.coli at 17.2% and 16.1% of the coefficient of determination respectively. Streptococci was found correlated to E.coli by coefficient of determination of 10.2% but not to the other studied bacteria. Considering correlation among studied bacterial number at each station, vibrio spp. was found correlated to coliform in every station but correlated to E.coli only at Phraratchaniwet Marukkhathaiyawan and Sailom Hotel. Streptococci did not correlated to any other studied bacteria. E.coli was highly correlated to coliform in most station except at Tubtim joss-house which the coefficient of determination and P-value of 39.1% and 0.03 respectively