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Table 1 Physical and chemical parameters measured along the salinity gradient.

From: Prokaryotic aminopeptidase activity along a continuous salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon (the Coorong, South Australia)

Parameters

S1

S2

S3

S4

S (%)

2.6

8.3

13.4

15.4

T (°C)

27.7

24.2

26.6

25.2

DO (mg l-1)

3.4

3.7

2.2

1.4

[NH4+] (μM)

2.5

5.3

> 110

> 110

[NO3-] + [NO2-] (μM)

< 1.6

2.9

< 1.6

1.7

[PO43-] (μM)

1.0

8.4

1.0

> 50

[Chl a] (μg l-1)

1.2

2.5

13.5

1.3

SPM (mg l-1)

38.0

182.7

477.0

540.0

  1. Salinity (S; %) and temperature (T; °C). Dissolved oxygen (DO; mg l-1), ammonium ([NH4+]; μM), nitrate + nitrite ([NO3-] + [NO2-]; μM), phosphate ([PO43-]; μM), Chlorophyll a ([Chl a]; μg l-1) and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM; mg l-1) concentrations
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