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. 1999 Jan;65(1):231–240. doi: 10.1128/aem.65.1.231-240.1999

TABLE 2.

Environmental data for Chesapeake Bay stations

Station Depth (m) August 1995
May 1996
June 1996
July 1996
Temp (°C) O2a PSUb Temp (°C) O2 PSU Temp (°C) O2 PSU Temp (°C) O2 PSU
908 Surface 15.4 7.0 1.6 18.3 8.1 1.3 25.0 8.2 4.7
6 14.7 6.6 4.3 15.4 5.7 8.6 21.0 3.4 10.6
858 Surface 26.9 6.8 11.9 15.1 6.0 3.9 17.0 8.7 3.9 24.1 7.4 6.5
19 26.2 0.4 23.3 12.2 3.0 11.2 15.1 0.2 14.5 19.3 0.2 16.1
845 Surface 18.1 9.1 5.5
21 15.8 0.2 17.7
818 Surface 27.2 5.8 14.5 15.1 7.0 6.0 17.5 8.7 6.3 24.6 5.9 9.9
30 25.7 1.9 25.0 9.8 2.5 14.5 16.1 0.7 21.6 22.7 0.1 19.7
744 Surface 28.4 6.0 16.4 14.9 7.9 12.1 19.4 7.2 9.7 25.1 5.2 12.2
23 25.9 3.4 27.2 15.1 6.0 17.0 16.7 3.0 22.0 23.6 1.4 19.9
724 Surface 26.5 5.8 21.1 16.1 9.2 13.5 19.0 7.4 11.9
18 25.8 2.8 29.7 14.3 6.4 23.0 17.3 4.8 21.9
a

Oxygen concentration in milliliters of O2 per liter of water. 

b

PSU, practical salinity units.