Parameters	Coastal transect (n = 4)				Inner transect (n = 4)				Inner transect 2 (n = 4)				Inner transect 3 (n = 4)				Surface water (n = 3)
Parameters	Min	Max	Mean	Std D	Min	Max	Mean	Std D	Min	Max	Mean	Std D	Min	Max	Mean	Std D	min	max	mean	Std D
Water Temp.	25.7	28	26.67	0.77	26.6	27.4	26.93	0.23	25	28	26.69	0.77	26	27.3	26.82	0.45	25	26.3	25.55	0.46
pH	5.39	7.24		0.61	4.44	6.99		0.83	5.06	6.96		0.57	5.05	6.7		0.55	5.87	6.91		0.46
EC	170	2947	660.63	767.7	0	697	324.20	205.29	0	1637	571.00	513.76	0	790	208.91	233.67	49.1	415	226.60	151.95
Salinity	0	1.6	0.30	0.43	0	0.3	0.14	0.09	0	0.8	0.25	0.27	0	0.28	0.05	0.08	0	0.1	0.07	0.05
DO	0.29	4.4	1.22	1.17	0.27	3.25	1.78	0.96	0.26	3.95	1.18	0.99	0	6.86	2.60	2.10	3.07	4.49	3.70	0.57
TDS	58.4	1467	317.06	388.07	16.19	349	153.73	98.57	28.1	819	273.33	259.42	15.79	284	76.86	75.16	23	209	111.82	77.10
$N O_{3}^{-}$	0	21.3	7.33	6.01	0	23.6	6.69	8.73	0	13	4.65	4.04	0.5	11	4.41	2.86	0.7	25.3	7.02	9.17
$P O_{4}^{3 -}$	0.09	1.49	0.44	0.38	0.06	0.68	0.28	0.17	0.11	0.69	0.30	0.17	0.06	2.41	0.44	0.65	0.12	1.54	0.46	0.55
$H C O_{3}^{-}$	0.1	3.5	0.64	0.94	0.05	1.5	0.47	0.55	0.15	2	0.67	0.63	0.05	3.5	0.78	1.15	0.1	0.2	0.15	0.03
$S O_{4}^{2 -}$	0	57	13.92	18.39	3	34	11.50	9.65	2	99	40.08	38.89	0	72	17.08	20.96	1	15	8.83	6.27
Ca²⁺	0.06	65	11.44	19.92	0.09	56	10.96	19.79	0.06	85	14.07	26.91	0.09	65	11.91	20.65	0.09	0.49	0.25	0.18
Mg²⁺	0.05	28	6.49	10.97	0.05	40	7.46	12.81	0.05	28	7.46	10.94	0.1	34	7.67	12.81	0.25	5	1.22	1.86
Na⁺	0	89	25.33	24.76	0	43	16.33	12.81	3	53	17.92	17.37	0	61	20.67	18.85	3	43	16.33	15.06
K⁺	0	1.2	0.18	0.39	0	1.47	0.24	0.52	0	1.47	0.31	0.47	0	2.3	0.39	0.79	0	1.47	0.38	0.62
Cl⁻	0	234.5	60.12	90.18	0	125.7	31.76	42.60	0	135.9	31.25	46.74	0	30.4	5.88	9.29	6.1	114	40.07	37.57