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. 2010 Sep 7;106(5):813–822. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq176

Table 2.

Habitat conditions in sites where additional plants were collected for genetic analyses and morphometric measures

Water Sediment
Site pH Alkalinity (meq L−1) DIC (mm) Free CO2 (mm) NO3-N (mg L−1) NH4-N (mg L−1 Tot N (mg L−1 PO43-P (mg L−1 Tot P (mg L−1 Org. Matter (% of d. wt) Tot. N (g kg−1 d. wt) Tot. P (g kg−1 d. wt) Lotic/lentic Species collected
Lk. Hamilton 7·47 0·400 0·431 0·032 0·001 0·004 0·556 0·006 0·019 10·48 2·8 0·36 Lentic Ege
Lk. Nyakakela 7·27 0·450 0·506 0·056 0·001 0·047 0·380 0·001 0·019 26·37 16·3 1·10 Lentic Ege
Lk. Otomangakau 7·64 0·564 0·592 0·030 0·008 0·015 0·096 0·011 0·022 24·55 5·3 1·40 Lentic Elo, Lag
Lk. Parkinsons 7·02 0·714 0·871 0·157 0·027 0·016 0·565 0·009 0·022 31·66 15·9 3·60 Lentic Ege
Lk. Puketi 7·68 0·700 0·732 0·034 0·003 0·003 0·467 0·005 0·011 48·17 17·0 1·20 Lentic Ege
Lk. Rotoaira 7·88 0·774 0·794 0·023 0·001 0·004 0·071 0·004 0·009 1·59 <0·2 0·15 Lentic Lag
Lk. Rotoiti 7·12 0·674 0·791 0·118 0·001 0·014 0·706 0·019 0·047 15·07 5·7 1·50 Lentic Ege
Lk. Rotoma 9·37 0·848 0·751 0·001 0·001 0·009 0·310 0·004 0·023 8·90 1·8 0·44 Lentic Lag
Lk. Swan 7·21 0·440 0·503 0·063 0·011 0·019 0·493 0·001 0·010 4·65 0·5 0·09 Lentic Ege
Taupo outlet 8·60 0·728 0·715 0·004 0·001 0·003 0·078 0·002 0·007 10·45 3·8 0·43 Lotic Ege, Lag
Lk. Taupo Sth 7·52 0·850 0·907 0·059 0·004 0·021 0·121 0·011 0·015 8·10 2·6 0·44 Lentic Elo, Lag
Lk. Weavers 8·79 1·062 1·029 0·004 0·001 0·004 0·297 0·002 0·010 16·96 4·6 0·37 Lentic Ege
Lk. Whatihua 8·79 1·314 1·273 0·005 0·002 0·018 0·552 0·004 0·012 29·57 13·7 1·50 Lentic Ege

These populations were not grown in common garden. Ege, Egeria densa; Elo, Elodea canadensis; Lag, Lagarosiphon major; DIC, dissolved inorganic carbon.