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| April 2001 | December 2001 | June 2002 |
| ST1 | ST4 | ST1 | ST4 | ST4 |
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| Water temperature (°C) | 30.4 | 31.1 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 32.6 |
| Dissolved oxygen (mg L−1) | 3.8 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| Salinity (ppt) | 21.8 | 21.3 | 26.1 | 27.7 | 28.5 |
| pH | 8.00 | 8.40 | 7.85 | 7.96 | 8.29 |
| Ammoniacal nitrogen (mg L−1) | 0.012 | 0.021 | 1.005 | 0.014 | 0.010 |
| Nitrite-nitrogen (mg L−1) | 0.008 | 0.028 | 0.199 | 0.014 | 0.005 |
| Nitrate-nitrogen (mg L−1) | 0.009 | 0.012 | 0.024 | 0.005 | 0.028 |
| Total dissolved nitrogen (mg L−1) | 0.607 | 0.691 | 2.540 | 1.165 | 0.375 |
| Dissolved organic nitrogen (mg L−1) | 0.579 | 0.630 | 1.312 | 1.132 | 0.332 |
| Particulate organic nitrogen (mg L−1) | 1.320 | 1.139 | 1.774 | 1.577 | 0.847 |
| Total nitrogen (mg L−1) | 1.927 | 1.830 | 4.314 | 2.742 | 1.222 |
| Dissolved inorganic phosphorus (mg L−1) | 0.091 | 0.086 | 0.425 | 0.150 | 0.029 |
| Total dissolved phosphorus (mg L−1) | 0.107 | 0.086 | 0.852 | 0.819 | 0.078 |
| Dissolved organic phosphorus (mg L−1) | 0.017 | 0.000 | 0.427 | 0.669 | 0.049 |
| Particulate phosphorus (mg L−1) | 0.218 | 0.167 | 0.315 | 0.109 | 0.021 |
| Total phosphorus (mg L−1) | 0.325 | 0.253 | 1.167 | 0.928 | 0.099 |
| Particulate organic carbon (mg L−1) | 7.98 | 6.63 | 10.2 | 4.99 | 5.04 |
| Chlorophyll a (μg L−1) | 28.1 | 16.3 | 11.3 | 8.44 | 10.2 |
| BOD (mg L−1: 5 days at 20°C) | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 7.1 |
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