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Table 1 Chemical and physical characteristics of the 20 study lakes

From: Loss of trophic complexity in saline prairie lakes as indicated by stable-isotope based community-metrics

Site

Latitude °N(dd)

Longlitude °W(dd)

Elevation (masl)

Surface

Area (km2)

Depth (m)

TDS (g L-1)

Secchi

(m)

Chl a (μg L1)

pH

TKN (μg L1)

NO3

(μg L-1)

NH4+

(μg L-1)

TP

(μg L1)

SRP

(μg L-1)

Ca

(mg L-1)

DIC

(mg L-1)

DOC

(mg L-1)

Mixis

Type

Edouard

52.38

104.33

580

1.0

5

0.4

2

25

8.3

1488

278

299

136

91

49

42

21

Polymictic

Pelletier

49.98

107.93

825

1.0

8

0.5

2

17

8.6

746

4

44

12

8

23

74

15

Polymictic

Kipabisku

52.56

104.20

522

5.2

7

0.6

2

7

8.3

1159

287

31

173

130

83

50

26

Polymictic

Lenore

52.50

104.98

537

10.0

9

1.1

2

15

8.5

809

10

45

9

2

59

59

26

Polymictic

Humboldt

52.15

105.10

544

19.1

6

1.1

1

25

8.5

1469

243

85

310

206

94

49

23

Polymictic

Clair

51.98

104.05

524

1.2

3

1

1

22

8.7

1317

221

32

33

10

73

49

25

Polymictic

Wakaw

52.66

105.58

511

10.7

7

2

2

12

8.1

1066

17

134

9

5

164

39

21

Polymictic

Shannon

52.63

105.43

549

1.0

7

2

2

12

8.8

1420

224

59

40

15

65

65

24

Polymictic

Fishing

51.83

103.50

529

32.1

12

2

3

14

8.4

1104

2

37

9

7

99

57

23

Polymictic

Rabbit

52.60

107.00

504

4.6

4

6

1

10

8.7

1734

154

30

210

153

76

99

36

Polymictic

Charron

52.40

104.33

556

4.0

7

6

2

25

8.8

2158

153

75

145

79

67

90

33

Polymictic

Arthur

52.60

107.00

504

4.6

4

6

1

10

8.7

1734

154

30

210

153

76

99

36

Polymictic

Middle

52.56

105.16

534

5.9

5

11

4

21

8.7

3191

240

77

95

6

103

95

55

Meromictic

Deadmoose

52.31

105.16

539

10.9

29

11

3

11

8.7

1788

13

113

43

9

95

65

30

Meromictic

Waldsea

52.28

105.20

533

4.7

11

12

3

10

8.6

1608

6

67

23

12

226

55

42

Meromictic

Redberry

52.71

107.15

502

60.7

11

13

3

4

8.7

2011

10

32

27

19

61

131

43

Polymictic

Antelope

50.28

108.40

701

13.8

4

15

1

14

8.9

4816

117

281

126

63

37

189

72

Polymictic

Success

50.48

108.01

715

0.7

14

20

4

9

8.9

12657

22

7585

134

115

14

350

49

Meromictic

L. Manitou

51.75

105.50

493

12.8

5

44

2

16

8.5

5741

11

133

321

47

50

91

112

Polymictic

Snakehole

50.30

108.28

858

1.3

2

64

2

7

8.5

14356

43

187

636

126

53

109

318

Polymictic

  1. Values, except elevation and surface area, are averaged over the four sampling periods (June 2007, August 2007, June 2008, and August 2008; Rabbit Lake was not sampled in June 2008 and Middle Lake was not sampled August 2008). Lakes are sorted by increasing salinity (TDS).