Table 2.
Concentration of nutrients for the near-seabed layer averaged for all of the sampling sites of the given dumpsites (before the slash) versus data coming from the reference points (after the slash); “<” if a result is below the lower limit of quantification.
| Sea Dumping Site | Season | N-tot (mg∙dm−3) |
N-NO3− (mg∙dm−3) |
N-NH4+ (mg∙dm−3) |
P-tot (mg∙dm−3) |
P-PO4−3 (mg∙dm−3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gdynia | Spring | 0.15/0.14 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.017/< 0.003 | 0.028/0.026 | 0.032/0.047 |
| Summer | 0.33/0.28 | 0.025/0.032 | 0.025/0.030 | 0.032/0.030 | 0.022/0.020 | |
| Autumn | 0.13/0.16 | 0.040/0.084 | 0.013/0.017 | 0.031/0.060 | 0.024/0.055 | |
| Winter | 0.14/0.13 | 0.052/0.050 | <0.003/0.009 | 0.024/0.030 | 0.020/0.029 | |
| Gdańsk | Spring | 0.16/0.14 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.011/<0.003 | 0.029/0.027 | 0.011/0.007 |
| Summer | 0.32/0.29 | 0.028/0.026 | 0.027/0.030 | 0.027/0.024 | 0.022/0.016 | |
| Autumn | 0.12/0.11 | 0.027/0.019 | 0.019/0.027 | 0.015/0.010 | 0.009/0.010 | |
| Winter | 0.14/0.11 | 0.047/0.045 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.023/0.017 | 0.018/0.013 | |
| DCT | Spring | 0.19/0.23 | 0.035/< 0.003 | 0.009/<0.003 | 0.079/0.091 | 0.062/0.036 |
| Summer | 0.29/0.21 | 0.059/0.043 | 0.025/<0.003 | 0.075/0.048 | 0.066/0.042 | |
| Autumn | 0.12/0.14 | 0.049/0.048 | 0.009/<0.003 | 0.066/0.069 | 0.060/0.062 | |
| Winter | 0.12/0.14 | 0.046/0.031 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.057/0.040 | 0.054/0.034 | |
| Darłowo | Spring | 0.18/0.17 | <0.003/0.007 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.026/0.033 | 0.014/0.021 |
| Summer | 0.34/0.28 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.008/0.004 | 0.018/0.018 | <0.009/0.016 | |
| Autumn | 0.19/0.18 | 0.058/0.021 | 0.008/0.015 | 0.027/0.025 | 0.018/0.015 | |
| Winter | 0.17/0.20 | 0.126/0.109 | <0.003/<0.003 | 0.024/0.025 | 0.022/0.019 |