Table 1.

Environmental parameters measurements

Parameter	Methods/instrumentation	Reference	Unit	Ranges
				−	+
Temperature	Hach HQ40d multi	[72, 73]	°C	14.2	26.4
Salinity			‰	32.8	40.1
Conductivity			mS/cm	39.9	55.7
DO concentration			mg/L	7.82	10.09
DO saturation			%	91.7	116
pH			*	7.32	8.5
Nitrate	Hach DR/890 Colorimeter	[73, 74]	mg/L	1.89	9.26
Nitrite			mg/L	0.002	0.043
Ammonium			mg/L	<0.03
Phosphate			mg/L	0.05	0.15
DOC	VCSN/TNM-1 Shimadzu TOC/TN analyzer	[73, 75]	mg/L	2.5	6.69
TDN			mg/L	0.15	0.59
POC	Perkin Elmer C,H,N 2400	[76]	mg/L	217.635	453.27
PON			mg/L	36.99	92.40
Chlorophyll a	Lorenzen	[77, 78]	µg/L	0.08	1.23
Phaeophytin a			µg/L	0.021	1.34
Cryptophyta	FACSCantoII	[34]	cells/L	6.74 × 102	1.65 × 106
Nanoeukaryote			cells/L	6.13 × 105	1.01 × 107
Picoeukaryote			cells/L	1.84 × 105	2.55 × 107
Cyanobacteria			cells/L	3.86 × 105	2.88 × 108
Bacteria			cells/L	3.04 × 109	2.14 × 1010

DO dissolved oxygen; DOC dissolved organic carbon; TDN total dissolved nitrogen; POC particulate organic carbon; PON particulate organic nitrogen