Seasonal Effects in a Lake Sediment Archaeal Community of the Brazilian Savanna

Table 1

Comparison of physicochemical properties of freshwater lake sediments from replicates of the dry season (RIB D) and of the transition period between the dry and rainy seasons (RIB T).

	RIB D	RIB T
Sampling date	May, 2010	September, 2010
Water temperature (°C)	25.85 ± 0.35	21.60 ± 0.14
Depth (cm)	5.45 ± 0.07	4.70 ± 0.14
pH	5.57 ± 0.09	5.78 ± 0.20
P-total (𝜇g/L)	9.00 ± 1.41	18.50 ± 3.54
N-total (𝜇g/L)	11.00 ± 1.41	23.50 ± 2.12