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Table 1 Mean and standard deviation water quality conditions measured at 1.5 h intervals over 25.5 h for each pond in Liberty Island wetland between 12 July and 13 July 2006

From: Tidal day organic and inorganic material flux of ponds in the Liberty Island freshwater tidal wetland

Station

Water temperature (°C)

Specific conductance (µS cm−1)

Dissolved oxygen (mg l−1)

pH

Turbidity (NTU)

SSB

23 ± 1 a

389 ± 12 c

7.0 ± 0.7 a

7.7 ± 0.1 a

84 ± 18 a

LIBN

23 ± 4 a

356 ± 65 c

9.4 ± 1.6 b

7.8 ± 0.4 a

126 ± 44 a

LIBS

23 ± 4 a

254 ± 41 b

9.0 ± 1.3 b

8.2 ± 0.2 b

95 ± 38 a

MAIN

21 ± 1 b

187 ± 8 b

8.9 ± 0.6 b

8.1 ± 0.1 b

39 ± 5 b

  1. Values with similar letters were not significantly different at the 0.05 level or higher. n = 18 for each station.