TABLE 1.
Monthly averaged (±Standard Deviation) physical and chemical properties in the water column for each water type. Standard deviations are given in parentheses. n gives the number of samples considered in each group for calculations. Retrieved and adapted from McGovern et al. (2020).
| June | August | |||||||
| Estuary SW n = 10 | Glacier SW n = 4 | Fjord SW n = 9 | AdW n = 9 | Estuary SW n = 7 | Glacier SW n = 3 | Fjord SW n = 7 | AdW n = 14 | |
| Salinity | 30.1 (7.5) | 31.4 (2.7) | 34.0 (0.9) | 34.7 (0.3) | 26.1 (11.7) | 21.4 (4.1) | 31.6 (2.8) | 35.3 (0.5) |
| Temperature (°C) | 3.5 (1.2) | 3.6 (1.6) | 3.3 (1.1) | 1.8 (0.6) | 6.6 (1.1) | 5.3 (1.1) | 6.9 (1.0) | 4.5 (0.8) |
| Secchi depth (m) | 0.7 (0.3) | 1.2 (1.2) | 4.8 (2.0) | 3.0 (2.7) | 1.7 (1.1) | 1.4 (1.1) | 4.0 (2.2) | 3.6 (2.5) |
| SPM (mg.L–1) | 29.3 (6.9) | 27.0 (3.7) | 26.1 (4.8) | 26.0 (3.7) | 74.7 (71.7) | 32.6 (30.0) | 25.3 (7.6) | 24.2 (11.3) |
| DOC (μmol.L–1) | 103.0 (18.9) | 107.5 (17.1) | 95.0 (7.1) | 101.7 (16.0) | 74.3 (15.1) | 60.0 (10.0) | 92.9 (16.0) | 77.1 (10.7) |
| SUVA254 (m2.gC–1) | 2.43 (0.53) | 2.56 (0.68) | 1.14 (0.80) | 1.70 (0.86) | 3.15 (0.78) | 3.03 (0.41) | 2.24 (0.43) | 2.52 (0.39) |
| Chl a (mg.m–3) | 1.31 (0.89) | 0.79 (0.32) | 1.54 (0.73) | 1.41 (0.98) | 0.92 (0.69) | 1.28 (1.33) | 1.06 (0.42) | 0.96 (0.43) |
| Phaeophytin (mg.m–3) | 0.07 (0.05) | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.37 (0.37) | 0.09 (0.07) | 0.15 (0.06) | 0.11 (0.07) | 0.15 (0.02) | 0.13 (0.06) |
| PO4 (μmol.L–1) | 0.64 (1.19) | 0.20 (0.22) | 0.64 (0.77) | 0.16 (0.05) | 0.22 (0.09) | 0.14 (0.03) | 0.17 (0.05) | 0.26 (0.07) |
| NO2 + NO3 (μmol.L–1) | 1.19 (1.24) | 0.68 (0.26) | 0.59 (0.67) | 0.58 (0.25) | 3.20 (4.46) | 1.94 (1.08) | 0.39 (0.12) | 0.72 (0.45) |
| NH4 (μmol.L–1) | 0.83 (0.38) | 0.85 (0.44) | 0.75 (0.57) | 0.99 (0.49) | 1.03 (0.40) | 0.73 (0.17) | 0.64 (0.13) | 1.25 (0.54) |
| SiO2 (μmol.L–1) | 4.7 (6.1) | 1.9 (1.4) | 1.4 (2.1) | 1.0 (0.5) | 10.1 (11.2) | 9.1 (3.1) | 3.4 (0.7) | 3.5 (1.0) |
| POC (μmol.L–1) | 41.0 (28.7) | 17.9 (1.0) | 33.8 (14.5) | 24.2 (10.9) | 127.9 (188.6) | 23.2 (15.1) | 21.9 (8.3) | 19.1 (8.1) |
| Particulate P (μmol.L–1) | 0.30 (0.17) | 0.13 (0.02) | 0.23 (0.12) | 0.15 (0.09) | 1.39 (2.15) | 0.33 (0.25) | 0.14 (0.07) | 0.12 (0.09) |
| Particulate N (μmol.L–1) | 4.2 (1.1) | 2.7 (0.6) | 4.4 (1.2) | 4.1 (3.4) | 10.0 (9.8) | 2.9 (2.5) | 3.1 (1.0) | 2.9 (2.0) |
| POM C:N | 9.8 (6.5) | 6.9 (1.2) | 8.1 (4.2) | 6.9 (2.1) | 10.0 (10.0) | 9.3 (2.2) | 7.0 (0.8) | 7.5 (2.0) |
| POC δ13C (%o) | −28.4 (1.1) | −27.5 (0.3) | −28.5 (1.4) | −27.2 (1.3) | −27.5 (0.5) | −26.8 (0.8) | −27.0 (0.4) | −27.3 (0.9) |