TABLE 1.Abiotic characteristics of surface sediments (sediment-water interface) in Lake Sadatal during 2005.
|
PARAMETERS |
Jan |
Feb |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
pH |
7.2 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
8.4 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
|
Salinity ppt |
0.9 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
|
EC, mS/cm |
.432 |
.628 |
.701 |
.714 |
1.67 |
1.84 |
1.70 |
.843 |
.532 |
.242 |
.689 |
.172 |
|
TDS, mg/L |
643 |
889 |
899 |
1011 |
1236 |
1432 |
1289 |
954 |
789 |
345 |
634 |
532 |
|
Average Atmospheric Temperature, °C |
15.5 |
21.8 |
24 |
30 |
31.3 |
31.1 |
29.4 |
29.4 |
29.4 |
26.6 |
20.9 |
16.6 |
|
Temp. Minimum |
7.6 |
13.6 |
15.9 |
20.5 |
24.9 |
25.6 |
25.3 |
25.2 |
24.5 |
20 |
13.7 |
9.8 |
|
Temp. Maximum |
25.8 |
31.4 |
33.5 |
39.3 |
38.7 |
38.1 |
34.6 |
34.7 |
35.2 |
34.4 |
29.5 |
25.4 |
|
Dissolved oxygen in Water (mg/L) |
8.6 |
7.8 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
4.0 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
6.2 |
9.5 |
9.0 |
|
Sodium, (mg/g) |
89.2 |
107.8 |
112 |
134 |
174 |
157.3 |
184.5 |
197.2 |
178.2 |
98 |
84 |
97.4 |
|
Potassium, (mg/g) |
67 |
80.84 |
72 |
98 |
112 |
89 |
102 |
123 |
97.3 |
45.9 |
57.3 |
47.8 |
|
Magnesium (mg/g) |
32.1 |
24.3 |
43 |
44 |
48 |
49.7 |
46 |
32 |
22 |
25 |
11 |
23.8 |
|
Iron (mg/g) |
.46 |
.59 |
.51 |
.84 |
.89 |
.93 |
.87 |
.65 |
.57 |
.32 |
.43 |
.37 |
|
Copper (mg/g) |
.34 |
.22 |
.29 |
.42 |
.67 |
.94 |
.86 |
.91 |
.75 |
.67 |
.42 |
.21 |
|
Lead (mg/g) |
.10 |
.13.4 |
.21. |
.23 |
.26 |
.32 |
.28 |
.10 |
.9 |
.9 |
.12 |
.8 |
TABLE 2. Numerical distribution of thecamoebians in 18 samples from Lake Sadatal (numbers within parenthesis
are percentage values). (PDF format)
