. 2024 Mar 21;12(5):e04160-23. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04160-23

TABLE 1.

Selected environmental properties along the Great Whale River and plume (mean with SD in parentheses; n = 3 unless stated otherwise)^a

	RSh	R	PS	P4M
Temperature (°C)	0^b	0^b	0^b	−0.95^b
Snow depth (cm)	46.3 (5.8)	22.7 (13.9)	0^b	0^b
Ice thickness (cm)	95 (8.7)	87 (20.1)	71^b	71^b
O₂ (mg L⁻¹)	15.65^b	16.34^b	16.73^b	15.45^b
Specific conductivity (µS cm⁻¹)	51^b	38^b	682^b	36,010^b
DIC (mM)	0.11 (0.02)	0.07 (0.01)	0.09 (0.02)	1.56 (0.02)
DOC (mg C L⁻¹)	6.2 (1.0)^c	3.1 (0.1)	3.5 (0.1)	2.7 (0.3)
a₃₂₀ (m⁻¹)	19.6^b	12.7 (0.01)^c	12.7 (0.1)	6.3 (1.1)^c
SUVA₂₅₄ (L mg C⁻¹ m⁻¹)	3.93^b	4.54 (0.12)^c	3.99 (0.14)	2.80 (0.06)^c
S _R	0.89^b	0.88 (0)	0.89 (0)^c	1.01 (0.01)^c
S ₂₈₉	0.02^b	0.02 (0)^c	0.02 (0)	0.02 (0)^c

^{^a}

RSh corresponds to shallow river sites (depth <1 m); R, deeper river sites (depth >1 m); PS, plume surface; P4M, plume at 4 m depth, DIC, dissolved inorganic carbon; DOC, dissolved organic carbon.

^{^b}

n = 1.

^{^c}

n = 2.