Parameters

Coastal Station

Open Sea Station

Mean ± SE

Range

Mean ± SE

Range

Temperature (˚C)

31.42 ± 0.32

30.0 - 33.2

30.83 ± 0.36

28.3 - 33.1

pH

7.67 ± 0.08

7.45 - 8.07

7.89 ± 0.06

7.56 - 8.30

Salinity (psu)

33.22 ± 0.42

30.75 - 34.94

33.08 ± 0.38

30.98 - 34.61

DO (mg/l)

5.04 ± 0.26

3.12 - 6.60

5.60 ± 0.29

3.66 - 7.00

TSS (mg/l)

0.0515 ± 0.020

0.0182 - 0.2672

0.0454 ± 0.024

0.0133 - 0.2756

$N{O}_3^{-}$ (mg/l)

0.3091 ± 0.0823

0.0805 - 0.9898

0.1850 ± 0.0386

0.0305 - 0.4562

$N{O}_2^{-}$ (mg/l)

0.0009 ± 0.0002

0.0002 - 0.0023

0.0004 ± 0.0001

0.0001 - 0.0008

PO₄-P (mg/l)

0.0078 ± 0.0013

0.0027 - 0.0188

0.0066 ± 0.0008

0.0041 - 0.0107

NH₃-N (mg/l)

0.0464 ± 0.0035

0.0278 - 0.0642

0.0443 ± 0.0046

0.0282 - 0.0834

Phytoplankton density (cell/ml)

5.30 ± 2.61

0.81 - 26.55

5.39 ± 2.36

0.64 - 24.96