Journal of Toxicology

Research Article

Occurrence of Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms in Rio de la Plata Estuary, Argentina: Field Study and Data Analysis

Table 1

Table records of the biological, physical and chemical parameters for the three selected sampling points 1, 2, and 3.


Sample point 1

Data sampling	Microcystis aeruginosa Cel·mL⁻¹	Total cyanobacterial Cel·mL⁻¹	T (°C)	pH	Conductivity μS-cm⁻¹	Total coliforms MNP·100 mL⁻¹	Fecal coliforms MP·100 mL⁻¹	Iron mg·L⁻¹	Total phosphorus mg·L⁻¹	Chlorophyll-a mg·L⁻¹	Nitrates mg·L⁻¹	Nitrites mg·L⁻¹	Microcystin-LR μg·L⁻¹

12/03/2004	13200	16600	29.0	7.9	290	4500	4600	0.60	0.89	56	3.0	0.04	1.10
01/12/2005	7560	20040	23.5	7.9	295	4600	2400	0.50	0.80	108	3.3	0.06	4.21
02/03/2005	30000	31800	29.5	8.4	320	2400	2400	0.37	0.37	45	4.6	0.07	7.12
02/22/2005	32100	52800	24.0	8.3	304	2400	2400	0.34	0.40	55	5.3	0.08	2.52
03/11/2005	51000	51300	21.0	8.4	339	2400	2400	0.33	0.49	34	7.5	0.20	1.30
04/01/2005	48900	49800	20.0	9.6	273	1500	1500	0.40	0.50	23	7.0	0.25	1,10
04/19/2005	25000	40500	21.0	8.6	349	1500	1500	0.55	0.44	22	4.0	0.06	<0.1
06/02/2005	14850	17850	15.0	7.4	409	2100	2100	0.36	0.35	22	6.6	0.15	<0.1
08/01/2005	0	2700	12.0	8.1	353	1500	1500	0.30	0.20	15	5.6	0.06	<0.1
08/29/2005	0	4200	17.0	7.6	400	2100	2100	0.20	0.40	12	4.5	0.04	<0.1
10/20/2005	950	16600	22.0	7.4	314	2100	2100	0.46	0.51	23	4.6	0.05	<0.1
11/15/2005	4300	29300	21.0	7.7	299	1500	1500	0.46	0.45	33	12.0	0.06	2.22
12/01/2005	1500	27300	23.0	7.5	309	2300	1500	0.34	0.33	45	15.0	0.06	4.52
12/20/2005	10425	23400	30.0	7.8	310	2800	2300	0.27	0.43	56	3.6	0.06	7.81
01/09/2006	17100	23250	30.0	7.7	322	2800	2800	1.13	0.47	29	4.0	0.05	10.50
01/17/2006	14700	17700	29.0	7.8	310	2800	2300	0.20	0.83	55	3.6	0.06	7.73

Sample point 2

Data sampling	Microcystis aeruginosa Cel·mL⁻¹	Total cyanobacterial Cel·mL⁻¹	T (°C)	pH	Conductivity μS-cm⁻¹	Total coliforms MNP·100mL⁻¹	Fecal coliforms NNP·100mL⁻¹	Iron mg·L⁻¹	Total phosphorus mg·L⁻¹	Chlorophyll-a mg·L⁻¹	Nitrates mg·L⁻¹	Nitrites mg·L⁻¹	Microcystin-LR μg·L⁻¹

12/03/2004	101500	131180	23.0	8.2	379	4500	4500	0.48	0.33	55	3.8	0.06	3.30
01/12/2005	109897	148500	25.0	8.1	370	2800	2400	0.42	0.48	62	4.3	0.05	7.71
02/03/2005	458400	458400	24.0	7.3	389	2400	2400	0.20	0.43	66	4.6	0.02	0.56
02/22/2005	34200	34299	21.0	8.9	290	2400	2400	0.29	0.47	44	4.4	0.04	2.47
03/11/2005	66300	68100	20.0	8.3	379	2400	2400	0.30	0.38	55	6.0	0.07	1.46
04/01/2005	49200	49200	22.0	7.7	356	1500	1500	0.26	0.46	33	5.7	0.04	1.36
04/19/2005	20100	20100	16.5	7.6	352	1500	1500	0.43	0.25	30	2.8	0.02	<0.1
06/02/2005	150	150	14.0	7.6	379	2100	2100	0.79	0.45	29	6.2	0.04	<0.1
08/01/2005	750	750	11.0	8.0	350	2100	1500	0.35	0.24	28	6.1	0.04	<0.1
08/29/2005	500	500	20.5	8.5	345	2100	2100	0.42	0.11	22	6.2	0.06	<0.1
10/20/2005	6450	6450	17.0	7.8	350	2100	2100	0.21	1.00	21	11.0	0.04	<0.1
11/15/2005	7020	15360	28.0	8.5	273	1500	1500	0.48	1.24	58	4.5	0.03	2.20
12/01/2005	2580	17160	23.0	7.9	309	2300	1500	0.34	0.48	82	6.5	0.07	8.62
12/20/2005	6600	21000	30.0	7.8	285	2300	2300	0.44	0.45	32	2.3	0.06	8.12
01/09/2006	9600	14400	30.0	8.2	353	2300	2800	0.24	0.40	40	4.3	0.05	1.05
01/17/2006	16500	17700	29.5	8.2	350	2300	2300	0.34	0.25	44	4.4	0.06	3.25

Sample point 3

Data sampling	Microcystis aeruginosa Cel·mL⁻¹	Total cyanobacterial Cel·mL⁻¹	T (°C)	pH	Conductivity μS-cm⁻¹	Total coliforms MNP·100 mL⁻¹	Fecal coliforms NMP·100 mL⁻¹	Iron mg·L⁻¹	Total phosphorus mg·L⁻¹	Chlorophyll-a mg·L⁻¹	Nitrates mg·L⁻¹	Nitrites mg·L⁻¹	Microcystin-LR μg·L⁻¹

12/03/2004	56400	59800	23.0	7.6	310	2400	2400	0.49	0.31	34	5.6	0.04	4.43
01/12/2005	45800	67400	27.4	8.3	413	2100	2100	0.43	0.41	43	4.3	0.02	6.42
02/03/2005	34500	35100	27.4	8.3	413	2100	2100	0.43	0.41	53	4.3	0.01	5.52
02/22/2005	20850	30750	24.5	8.5	275	2100	2100	0.11	0.41	42	6.6	0.19	3.50
03/11/2005	31200	37350	21.5	10.2	435	1500	1500	0.26	0.35	52	7.4	0.03	2.05
04/01/2005	40500	40800	21.5	8.8	337	1500	1500	0.01	0.37	45	2.1	0.01	1.71
04/19/2005	5640	6840	18.0	8.5	356	1500	1500	0.03	0.45	23	3.3	0.06	<0.1
06/02/2005	0	1800	15.0	7.7	436	2100	1500	0.80	0.50	26	3.5	0.05	<0.1
08/01/2005	2050	2300	14.0	8.5	420	2300	2800	0.35	0.58	26	8.9	0.01	<0.1
08/29/2005	1550	2300	11.0	8.4	309	1500	2000	0.53	0.42	23	2.2	0.02	<0.1
10/20/2005	165000	175200	18.5	7.3	507	1500	1500	0.15	0.05	20	1.3	0.07	<0.1
11/15/2005	27000	31500	23.0	7.7	407	2800	2800	0.63	0.07	56	1.4	0.07	3.51
12/01/2005	29100	107700	26.0	8.1	306	2100	2300	0.61	0.37	45	1.9	0.06	7.80
12/20/2005	33300	176100	23.0	7.4	445	2100	2100	0.32	0.40	54	7.2	0.09	8.11
01/09/2006	28800	30000	25.0	7.8	435	2800	2100	0.43	0.45	44	6.8	0.06	5.33
01/17/2006	44100	56400	27.0	7.8	452	2800	2100	0.44	0.77	34	5.9	0.07	4.50