Table 1. Water composition analysis.

Analyte	Units	Seal Pool	Atlas Pool	Brown Lagoon	Winston Lagoon	Atlas Cove
Conductivity	μS cm−1	715	2000	6580	39800	48200
Ammonia	mg N L−1	24.9	7.18	0.01	0.011	0.036
Nitrate	mg N L−1	1.48	4.32	<0.002	0.713	0.391
Nitrite	mg N L−1	0.022	0.091	<0.002	<0.002	0.005
Nitrogen, total filtered1	mg N L−1	27	13	<0.04	0.89	0.63
Nitrogen, total2	mg N L−1	nd3	18	0.19	0.88	0.63
Phosphorus, dissolved reactive	mg P L−1	0.03	0.043	0.025	0.073	0.06
Phosphorus, total filtered1	mg P L−1	0.082	0.115	0.027	0.124	0.092
Phosphorus, total2	mg P L−1	nd3	1.7	0.052	0.125	0.124
S dissolved	μg S L−1	8870	20200	69000	671000	771000
S total2	μg S L−1	nd3	16500	74900	609000	851000
DOC	μg C L−1	170	12	27	14	34

Abbreviations: nd, not determined; DOC, dissolved organic carbon.

¹0.1 μm filtrate recovered after biomass filtration.

²Sample water filtrate through 20 μm pre-filter.

³Sample volume insufficient to permit analysis.