Effluents of Shrimp Farms and Its Influence on the Coastal Ecosystems of Bahía de Kino, Mexico

Table 1

Average values (±SD) of physicochemical parameters for different parts of the study area during discharge of effluent.

Areas	Temperature; (°C)	Salinity	Dissolved oxygen; (mg L^−1)	pH
Island	27.3 ± 3.3^a	36.7 ± 0.4^a	6.6 ± 1.2^b	8.3 ± 0.1^a
Effluent	24.8 ± 5.3^a	39.3 ± 1.3^b	4.5 ± 1.4^a	8.2 ± 0.2^a
Bay	25.5 ± 4.6^a	37.2 ± 0.6^a	5.7 ± 0.9^b	8.2 ± 0.2^a
Lagoon	26.6 ± 4.4^a	37.2 ± 0.4^a	6.0 ± 0.6^b	8.2 ± 0.1^a

Different letters among areas for each parameter indicate significant differences (𝑃<0.05;𝑛=96).