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Table 2 Chemical and physical properties for Manito, Redberry, Freefight, Little Manitou East, Little Manito West, and Big Quill Lakes.

From: Chemical and physical properties of some saline lakes in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Lake

Depth (m)

Temperature (°C)

Specific Conductivity (mS cm-1 at 25°C)

DO (mg L-1)

pH

Manito

0

15.78

38.23

7.83

9.53

 

0.5

15.77

38.31

7.8

9.53

 

1

15.75

38.31

7.69

9.53

 

1.5

15.69

38.31

7.59

9.53

 

2

15.67

38.31

7.53

9.54

 

2.5

15.4

38.31

7.54

9.53

 

3

15.67

38.31

7.53

9.53

 

3.5

15.1

38.31

7.43

9.53

 

4

14.92

38.32

7.3

9.53

 

4.5

14.48

38.37

7.09

9.52

 

5

14.27

38.41

6.48

9.52

 

5.5

13.97

38.53

6.31

9.5

 

6

6.12

41.5

1.38

9.43

Redberry

0

15.19

17.68

9.77

8.82

 

1

15.18

17.68

9.71

8.83

 

2

15.17

17.68

9.74

8.83

 

3

15.15

17.68

9.5

8.82

 

4

15.08

17.69

9.8

8.83

 

5

14.81

17.69

9.66

8.83

 

5.5

14.44

17.69

9.78

8.83

 

6

14.15

17.69

9.76

8.82

 

6.5

14.04

17.76

9.86

8.8

 

7

7.18

19.66

14.73

8.73

 

7.5

4.13

20.11

15.07

8.78

 

8

3.17

20.31

14.4

8.74

 

9

2.46

20.43

13.75

8.72

 

9.5

2.06

20.5

12.95

8.71

 

10

2.02

20.51

12.93

8.7

Little Manitou West

0

16.16

53.25

7.83

8.65

 

1.5

16.05

53.25

7.36

8.65

 

2.5

15.87

53.3

7.06

8.64

 

3

15.42

53.53

6.3

8.62

 

3.5

14.51

54.04

5.5

8.6

 

4

13.23

63.12

0.31

8.43

 

4.3

12.16

64.32

0.5

8.42

Little Manitou East

0

17.49

26.3

8.95

8.76

 

0.5

17.58

26.7

8.91

8.76

 

1

18.39

51.04

12.98

8.7

 

1.5

18.55

53.25

10.18

8.65

 

2

17.41

59.1

20.62

8.54

Freefight

0

18.55

37.36

6.43

8.87

 

1

17.37

36.67

5.46

8.93

 

2

22.66

56.49

3.18

8.77

 

3

19.62

57.71

12.24

8.79

 

4

14.95

58.68

15.56

8.7

 

5

13.87

60.87

6.85

8.58

 

6

11.44

67.48

1

8.25

 

7

9.86

71.55

1.07

8.06

 

8

10.23

72.76

0.99

7.99

 

9

10.47

74.96

0.95

7.89

 

10

10.24

77.44

0.95

7.81

 

10.5

9.9

78.77

1.07

7.77

Big Quill

0

16.03

20.27

6.25

8.71

 

1

16.03

20.28

6.25

8.71

 

2

15.89

20.29

6.02

8.70

 

3.3

15.62

20.44

5.39

8.70