TABLE 2.
Physical and chemical parameters throughout the depth gradienta
| Depth (m) |
Temp (°C) |
Chlorophyll (mg/m3) |
Oxygen (mg/liter) |
TOC (mg of C/liter) |
PO43– (μM) | Total P (μM) |
Nitrate + nitrite (μM) |
NH4+
(μM) |
Total N (μM) |
N/P ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 22.9 | 0.1 | 7.09 | 2.43 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.13 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 45 | 15.8 | 0.78 | 9 | 1.46 | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 3.43 |
| 60 | 14.5 | 0.36 | 7.66 | 1.43 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.46 | 3.83 |
| 1,000 | 13.1 | 0.01 | 6.1 | 0.84 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 8.24 | 0.03 | 8.89 | 19.76 |
a
TOC, total organic carbon; total P, total phosphorus; total N, total nitrogen; N/P ratio, nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio.