Table 2.

Values of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrite, nitrate, ammonium, orthophosphate, and chlorophyll a around year in La Salada Cove.

	Spring			Summer			Fall			Winter
	Mean ± SD	Median	Min. − Max.	Mean ± SD	Median	Min. − Max.	Mean ± SD	Median	Min. − Max.	Mean ± SD	Median	Min. − Max.
Temperature (°C)	27.4 ± 0.5	28.1	27.2 − 29.7	29.3 ± 0.8	29.6	28.0 − 30.2	22.4 ± 2.8	21.2	17.9 − 26.9	16.9 ± 1.1	16.9	14.4 − 18.9
DO (mg L−1)	4.3 ± 0.7	4.2	3.4 − 6.7	5.6 ± 0.3	5.6	4.7 − 6.1	5.8 ± 1.7	5.6	2.5 − 8	5.5 ± 1.6	5.8	1.7 − 8.1
N-NO2 − (μM)	0.218 ± 0.47	0.131	0 − 3.87	1.798 ± 1.63	1.277	0.35 − 9.11	0.511 ± 0.38	0.378	0.03 − 1.46	0.661 ± 0.37	0.521	0.01 − 1.32
N-NO3 (μM)	0.145 ± 0.17	0.074	0.01 − 0.96	0.09 ± 0.08	0.064	0.02 − 0.46	0.359 ± 0.25	0.377	0.03 − 0.82	0.517 ± 0.23	0.456	0.06 − 0.94
N-NH4 (μM)	5.82 ± 6.83	19.79	0.23 − 19.31	1.733 ± 2.6	0.806	0.05 − 16.22	4.371 ± 6.13	1.197	0.01 − 19.09	1.609 ± 1.21	1.238	0.09 − 3.99
PO4 (μM)	4.291 ± 6.38	1.231	0.34 − 21.98	1.495 ± 0.55	1.26	1.07 − 5.1	2.439 ± 3.4	13.54	0.32 − 16.42	5.014 ± 3.03	2.184	1.38 − 21.98
Chl a (mg m−3)	0.9 ± 1.8	0.4	0 − 13.7	5.7 ± 0.7	5.6	3.4 − 6.7	2.5 ± 5.6	0.8	0 − 37.2	2.2 ± 2.9	1	0 − 16.9