Table 1.
Physical and chemical parameters of sea water collected at different seasons (2009-2010).
| Parameters | Units | Seasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | ||
| Physical parameter | |||||
| Temperature | °C | 20.00 | 28.00 | 25.00 | 18.00 |
| Light intensity | k lux | 132.00 | 840.00 | 255.00 | 112.00 |
| EC | mmose/cm | 58.00 | 61.00 | 60.00 | 45.00 |
| EC | μg/mL | 46400.00 | 48800.00 | 4800.00 | 36000.00 |
| PH | 7.50 | 7.30 | 7.35 | 7.25 | |
| Chemical parameter (mg/L) | |||||
| Dissolved anions | |||||
| Carbonate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Nitrate | 22.32 | 28.42 | 1.96 | 10.33 | |
| Phosphorus | 0.00 | 0.044 | 0.53 | 0.029 | |
| Bicarbonate | 2.62 | 1.62 | 1.70 | 1.90 | |
| Chloride | 705.20 | 624.0 | 636.0 | 358.46 | |
| Sulphate | 62.18 | 238.38 | 232.30 | 269.64 | |
| Dissolved cations | |||||
| Calcium | 30.00 | 21.60 | 25.40 | 115.50 | |
| Zinc | 0.159 | 0.006 | 0.00 | 0.004 | |
| Ammonium | 6.48 | 2.94 | 3.92 | 1.72 | |
| Copper | 0.00 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.016 | |
| Magnessum | 107.00 | 141.48 | 117.16 | 31.75 | |
| Sodium | 630.00 | 685.26 | 712.62 | 464.60 | |
| Potassium | 3.00 | 15.66 | 14.82 | 18.15 | |
| Residual sodium carbonate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Adsorbed sodium % | 76.09 | 75.89 | 84.43 | 54.15 | |