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. 2014 Mar 28;186(7):4569–4580. doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-3720-y

Table 4.

Aldehyde and acetone concentrations and their frequency of occurrence in monitored lake waters

Compounds Name of lake
Góreckie (n = 12) Sławskie (n = 10) Strzeszyńskie (n = 10) Swarzędzkie (n = 10) Uzarzewskie (n = 14) Maltańskie (n = 8)
Concentration [μg/l] Frequency of occurrence [%] Concentration [μg/l] Frequency of occurrence [%] Concentration [μg/l] Frequency of occurrence [%] Concentration [μg/l] Frequency of occurrence [%] Concentration [μg/l] Frequency of occurrence [%] Concentration [μg/l] Frequency of occurrence [%]
Range Average Range Average Range Average Range Average Range Average Range Average
Formaldehyde 8.89–122 72.6 100 6.14–80.0 36.6 100 5.78–85.0 43.7 100 15.1–155 58.1 100 4.44–157 62.8 100 14.7–91.1 40 100
Acetaldehyde 14.7–112 53.8 100 6.36–81.2 27 100 6.16–93.8 24 100 5.76–88.3 40.2 100 7.52–72.3 32.5 100 8.72–77.0 30.3 100
Acetone 3.85–57.9 21.4 100 3.85–61.5 23.4 100 5.38–36.9 19 100 3.92–96.2 34 100 7.15–63.9 20.6 100 3.38–58.8 18.4 100
Propanal 7.25–80.6 32 100 7.44–89.3 26.6 100 7.50–128 34.7 100 6.04–90.8 41.5 100 18.3–211 51.6 100 8.46–102 36.2 100
Butanal 3.20–24.4 8.14 92 1.76–7.60 4.56 90 2.00– 19.2 6.86 100 2.08–11.2 7.12 90 3.37–26.9 10 93 2.93–25.9 7.69 88
Pentanal 6.06–29.7 13.5 92 0.10–6.2 1.6 60 4.03–13.3 7.7 60 3.19– 17.8 9.54 70 3.94–40.0 12.3 93 5.28–30.3 10.4 75
Hexanal 4.49–51.5 17 100 2.34–9.02 4.95 100 2.88–74.9 17 80 4.83–52.2 22 90 4.20–87.0 22.6 86 9.02–28.5 15.5 75
Heptanal 6.17–113 33 92 4.94–18.9 12 30 7.00–30.8 14.6 50 6.11–96.7 43.9 60 5.17–17.8 11.94 43 nd
Octanal 3.21–33.0 13 83 2.50–10.4 6.43 20 6.07–13.2 6.43 20 8.57–8.75 8.66 20 4.72–4.72 4.72 7 nd
Benzaldehyde 2.18–18.3 7.39 67 10.8–10.8 10.8 10 2.21–2.21 2.21 10 16.4–16.6 16.5 30 6.42–16.7 11.5 14 nd
Nonanal 1.25–72.4 27.4 83 2.50–73.3 14.4 100 4.00–15.8 9.6 50 1.67–30.0 11.1 80 1.67–50.1 16.9 100 2.84–82.9 18.9 75
Decanal 1.93–49.1 20.8 83 3.71–58.9 15.6 70 3.76–73.9 23.1 40 8.36–19.4 11.9 40 3.21–41.9 13.5 50 2.64–13.9 7.3 75
Glyoxal 0.64–33 11 100 0.10–19 6 90 1.24–10.9 4.26 80 0.55–58 16.6 90 1.74–47.6 19.7 86 0.26–43 10.8 88
Methylglyoxal 0.11–20 7.2 100 3.64–22.7 9.35 60 0.95–18.4 7.27 89 0.93–91 21 80 0.72–40 15.1 64 1.02–19.7 6.17 100