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. 2019 Mar 13;10:451. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00451

Table 3.

Long term trend in seawater nutrient (μM) and COD (mg/L) content in the northern Beibu Gulf. Data are means ±SD.

Year DIN NO3 NO2 NH4 PO4 SiO3 COD
1980s 1.7 ± 1.9 2.1 ± 2.4 0.07 ± 0.05 1.5 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.2 23.5 ± 28.5 1.2 ± 0.9
1990s 14.2 ± 13.8 9.3 ± 11.9 0.37 ± 0.39 2.7 ± 2.5 0.3 ± 0.3 28.2 ± 27.5 1.8 ± 1.0
2000s 19.4 ± 17.8 20.4 ± 16.5 1.72 ± 1.66 2.7 ± 2.8 0.4 ± 0.4 31.4 ± 38.6 1.8 ± 1.0
2010s 29.9 ± 21.9 26.5 ± 20.2 2.43 ± 2.55 4.0 ± 2.9 0.6 ± 0.5 33.6 ± 29.6 1.6 ± 1.0