. 2012 Jan 18;3:3. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00003

Table 1.

Hydrological and biological parameters of surface water sampled from Lake Erie August 2010.

Station	478	970 (357)	973	882	1163	341	880 (84)
Location	41°39′26′′	41°49′30′′	41°47′30′′	41°46′00′′	41°28′16′′	41°48′00′′	41°56′08′′
(Lat°N, Long°W)	(82°49′01′′)	(82°58′30′′)	(83°20′00′′)	(83°18′30′′)	(82°43′05′′)	(82°17′30′′)	(81°39′14′′)
Extracellular P (%)	4.9	10.91	0.74	9.99	16.54	0	34.12
Total particulate P (μg L⁻¹ ± SD)	8.2 ± 3.65	8.16 ± 3.65	27.05 ± 4.68	13.18 ± 0.91	96.97 ± 18.76	6.28 ± 0.86	6.25 ± 1.44*
Intracellular P (μg L⁻¹ ± SD)	7.3 ± 2.78*	7.27 ± 2.78*	26.85 ± 0.80	11.86 ± 1.17	80.93 ± 13.20	6.30 ± 1.74	4.12 ± 0.099*
SRP (μg L⁻¹)	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.7	2.1	0.4	0.6
TDP (μg L⁻¹)	7.5	6.9	9.4	10.6	14.0	5.0	4.8
TP (μg L⁻¹)	21.6	21.8	37.7	34.7	85.5	13.3	12.9
${NO}_{X}^{-}$ (mgN L⁻¹)^a	0.25	0.145	0.017	0.016	0.010	0.073	0.059
NH₃ (mgNL⁻¹)	0.011	0.010	0.009	0.016	BDL^b	0.012	0.018
TDN (mg L⁻¹)	0.526	0.338	0.301	0.410	0.393	0.361	0.291
PON (mg L⁻¹)	0.12	0.178	0.215	0.228	0.678	0.101	0.094
SiO₂ (mg L⁻¹)	1.46	1.53	1.77	2.00	3.61	1.53	0.28
${SO}_{4}^{2 -}$ (mg L⁻¹)	21.8	18.9	19.6	19.4	34.0	21.1	21.8
POC (mg L⁻¹)	0.73	1.20	1.38	1.46	3.66	0.842	0.658
Total Chla (μg L⁻¹ ± SD)	6.1 ± 0.13	15.82 ± 2.21	18.61 ± 0.61	16.09 ± 1.34	16.25 ± 0.52	5.52 ± 0.68	7.54 ± 0.74

*Indicates n = 2. ^aNitrate + nitrite as N. ^bBDL, below detectable limits (<0.005 mgN L⁻¹).