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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Biogeochemistry. 2018;138(2):137–154. doi: 10.1007/s10533-018-0436-z

Table 1.

Chemical composition of seawater and fresh river water mixed to make press and pulse treatment water

Water type Salinity (psu) NH4 (μg-N/L) NO3−2 (μg-N/L) PO4 (μg-N/L) Total N (μg-N/L) Total P (μg-N/L) SO42− (mg-N/L) DOC (mg-N/L)
Sea water 21.88 ± 1.93 (5) 14.95 ± 5.03 (5) 17.22 ± 1.62 (5) 55.94 ± 7.50 (5) 673.4 ± 98.3 (5) 71.86 ± 8.84 (5) 1914 ± 12 (2) 6.12 ± 0.56 (5)
River water 0.09 ± 0.03 (5) 56.78 ± 19.76 (6) 199.3 ± 39.06 (6) 46.43 ± 8.28 (6) 1265 ± 243 (6) 142.6 ± 52.1 (6) 36 ± 6.9 (2) 13.14 ± 2.70 (6)
Treatment water 16.24 ± 0.08 (5) 29.93 ± 2.60 (6) 98.46 ± 19.52 (6) 52.62 ± 5.53 (6) 741.0 ± 54.4 (6) 60.46 ± 5.07 (6) 1546 ± 116 (2) 8.27 ± 1.18 (6)

Mean ± SE (number of samples analyzed)