Table 2.

Initial concentrations of nutrients in the August 2019 bioassay water taken from T0 control Cubitainers. All data are n = 3.

Nutrient Parameter	Maumee Bay		Sandusky Bay
	No Dilution	40% Dilution	No Dilution	40% Dilution
NO3 + NO2 (µmol L−1)	127.12 ± 10.82	60.10 ± 12.94	6.59 ± 0.29	6.61 ± 0.05
NH4 (µmol L−1)	0.70 ± 0.42	1.74 ± 1.58	1.05 ± 0.69	1.04 ± 0.06
Urea (µmol L−1)	3.45 ± 0.61	1.59 ± 1.15	2.91 ± 1.46	3.99 ± 1.09
DRP (µmol L−1)	0.20 ± 0.20	0.05 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.07
Silicate (µmol L−1)	124.33 ± 7.13	95.44 ± 6.24	51.12 ± 12.23	64.91 ± 18.52