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. 2014 Sep 9;6(9):2657–2675. doi: 10.3390/toxins6092657

Table 1.

Physicochemical characteristics of Los Patos shallow lake at the time zero and at after of 48 h of H2O2 addition.

Parameters Time Zero Light 48 h after H2O2 addition
0 0.17 (mg L−1) 0.33 (mg L−1) 0.83 (mg L−1) 1.67 (mg L−1) 3.33 (mg L−1)
Conductivity (μS cm−1) 599 ± 15 Yes 618 ± 12 666 ± 12 662 ± 20 665 ± 27 630 ± 19 640 ± 18
No 680 ± 18 667 ± 19 670 ± 21 660 ± 25 630 ± 20 645 ± 20
pH 9.47 ± 0.20 Yes 8.88 ± 0.10 9.05 ± 0.13 9.00 ± 0.12 9.06 ± 0.09 9.19 ± 0.12 9.22 ± 0.12
No 7.87 ± 0.12 7.45 ± 0.18 7.44 ± 0.10 7.68 ± 0.15 8.06 ± 0.15 8.20 ± 0.10
Optical Density 0.37 ± 0.02 Yes 0.08 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.02
No 0.08 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01
Total Phosphorus (mg L−1) 0.89 ± 0.10 Yes 0.87 ± 0.10 0.83 ± 0.12 0.82 ± 0.09 0.81 ± 0.12 0.87 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.08
No 0.89 ± 0.09 0.79 ± 0.10 0.81 ± 0.12 0.96 ± 0.15 0.91 ± 0.06 0.94 ± 0.09
Dissolved total Phosphorus (mg L−1) 0.20 ± 0.08 Yes 0.18 ± 0.08 0.40 ± 0.10 0.40 ± 0.09 0.55 ± 0.13 0.53 ± 0.09 0.55 ± 0.09
No 0.16 ± 0.08 0.30 ± 0.12 0.31 ± 0.13 0.47 ± 0.12 0.49 ± 0.10 0.53 ± 010
Chl-a (μg L−1) 530 ± 10 Yes 445 ± 12 117 ± 5 74 ± 3 77 ± 8 71 ± 9 58 ± 8
No 420 ± 22 320 ± 9 75 ± 6 81 ± 8 117 ± 7 111 ± 5
COD (mgO2 L−1) 243 ± 12 Yes 212 ± 8 142 ± 6 129 ± 9 130 ± 9 120 ± 10 126 ± 5
No 213 ± 10 226 ± 15 205 ± 11 200 ± 12 180 ± 9 119 ± 7
Total coliforms (MPN × 100 mL−1) 4600 Yes 4600 2800 2400 150 90 <3
No 4600 2800 2400 280 93 <3
Fecal coliforms (MPN × 100 mL−1) 4600 Yes 4600 2100 2100 130 11 <3
No 4600 2100 2100 210 14 <3