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. 2014 Nov 18;225(12):2217. doi: 10.1007/s11270-014-2217-1

Table 2.

Studied parameters of water with statistical comparison according to the type of water and seasonality (12 consecutive months)

Inflow water (n = 24) Water type p a Pond water (n = 48)
Median Min Max Seasonalityb Season rangec Median Min Max Seasonalityb Season rangec
pH 7.42 6.35 8.34 0.0504 See Fig. 2 0.0239 7.09 6.14 9.88 0.6935 See Fig. 2
Conductivity [μS] 303.00 171.40 359.00 0.0443 See Fig. 3 0.0189 256.00 23.60 399.00 0.1948 See Fig. 3
Cd [μg/L] 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.0396 See Fig. 4 0.8428 0.00 0.00 7.49 0.3816 See Fig. 4
Cu [μg/L] 2.28 0.00 8.87 0.4798 See Fig. 5 0.8435 1.98 0.00 16.16 0.0725 See Fig. 5
Pb [μg/L] 0.74 0.00 7.57 0.0765 See Fig. 6 0.9433 0.74 0.00 2.48 0.0776 See Fig. 6
Zn [μg/L] 1.84 0.76 14.86 0.2642 See Fig. 7 0.5230 1.86 0.83 43.00 0.1623 See Fig. 7
Ca [mg/L] 44.02 26.68 54.77 0.0571 ↓ April ↑ January 0.0224 37.92 3.19 58.83 0.0929 ↓ September ↑ March
Mg [mg/L] 6.22 3.25 9.07 0.0334 ↓ April ↑ October 0.3262 5.76 0.31 8.88 0.1034 ↓ April ↑ October
Na [mg/L] 10.79 3.31 13.36 0.0289 ↓ April ↑ September 0.1271 8.84 0.65 13.67 0.1079 ↓ April ↑ March
K [mg/L] 2.98 1.47 4.62 0.0403 ↓ April ↑ February 0.3562 2.77 0.28 5.11 0.0597 ↓ April ↑ March
SO4 2− [mg/L] 26.88 16.44 39.60 0.0991 ↓ June ↑ March 0.0668 24.22 1.71 58.33 0.1274 ↓ July ↑ March
Cl [mg/L] 12.90 4.99 18.62 0.0341 ↓ April ↑ March 0.0930 10.86 1.06 18.35 0.0403 ↓ April ↑ March
HCO3 [mg/L] 131.51 64.04 166.35 0.0413 ↓ April ↑ September 0.0342 117.84 10.95 175.20 0.3753 ↓ September ↑ March
F [mg/L] 0.07 0.01 0.13 0.0358 ↓ January ↑ October 0.2003 0.07 0.01 0.15 0.0991 ↓ June ↑ August
NH4 + [mg/L] 0.08 0.03 0.47 0.1056 ↓ May ↑ March 0.4063 0.14 0.04 0.65 0.1158 ↓ December ↑ March
NO3 [mg/L] 7.17 1.66 12.70 0.0303 ↓ October ↑ March ≤0.0001 2.09 0.62 9.43 0.3812 ↓ August ↑ March

Values set in italics indicate statistically significant differences

a p value of Mann–Whitney U test

b p value of ANOVA Friedman test

c↓— the lowest median; ↑—the highest median