. 2011 May 26;6(5):e20434. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020434

Table 1. Summary of mean water column parameters (± standard error) along a depth gradient at South Scott Reef, November 2008.

Depth(m)		Chl-a(µg L⁻¹)	TSS(mg L⁻¹)	PN(µmol L⁻¹)	PP(µmol L⁻¹)	POC(µmol L⁻¹)	DIN(µmol L⁻¹)	DIP(µmol L⁻¹)	DON(µmol L⁻¹)	DOP(µmol L⁻¹)
0	mean	0.14	0.14	0.65	0.05	11.28	0.84	0.12	10.47	0.47
	se	0.03	0.02	0.07	0.00	1.04	0.18	0.00	0.58	0.16
17	mean	0.37	0.37	0.95	0.07	12.94	0.34	0.11	10.31	0.24
	se	0.06	0.12	0.09	0.00	1.95	0.01	0.00	1.68	0.01
34	mean	0.15	0.84	0.57	0.04	11.81	0.40	0.12	14.79	0.73
	se	0.02	0.41	0.02	0.00	2.84	0.17	0.01	2.10	0.29
45	mean	0.08	0.25	1.00	0.02	11.16	1.16	0.15	11.69	0.58
	se	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.00	2.68	0.24	0.00	0.14	0.20
54	mean	0.58	0.21	0.73	0.06	8.91	1.76	0.17	8.78	0.33
	se	0.05	0.06	0.10	0.00	0.71	0.60	0.01	3.48	0.00

Abbreviations: Chl-a = chlorophyll-a; TSS = total suspended solids; PN = particulate nitrogen, PP = particulate phosphorus; POC = particulate organic carbon; DIN = dissolved inorganic nitrogen; DIP = dissolved inorganic phosphorus; DON = dissolved organic nitrogen; DOP = dissolved organic phosphorus.