Table 3 Mean ± standard error surface water parameters observed during this study within each portion of the Everglades Protection Area between water years 1995–2015 (May 1, 1994–April 30, 2015)
From: Carbon pool trends and dynamics within a subtropical peatland during long-term restoration
Parameter | Units | WCA-1 | WCA-2 | WCA-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alkalinity | mg CaCO3 L−1 | 44.1 ± 0.9 | 248.4 ± 1.4 | 168.4 ± 0.9 |
Water temperature | °C | 23.4 ± 0.1 | 24.1 ± 0.1 | 24.1 ± 0.1 |
pH | SU | 6.6 ± 0.01 | 7.3 ± 0.01 | 7.2 ± 0.01 |
Specific conductance | μS cm−1 | 213.6 ± 3.8 | 936.5 ± 5.9 | 517.5 ± 3.6 |
Dissolved inorganic carbon | mg C L−1 | 17.2 ± 0.6 | 67.2 ± 0.7 | 47.0 ± 0.5 |
Dissolved organic carbon | mg C L−1 | 19.4 ± 0.2 | 35.8 ± 0.3 | 21.1 ± 0.2 |
Particulate organic carbon | mg C L−1 | 0.65 ± 0.05 | 1.64 ± 0.20 | 1.04 ± 0.09 |
Total phosphorus | μg P L−1 | 9.1 ± 0.3 | 25.5 ± 1.2 | 8.9 ± 0.2 |
Total nitrogen | mg N L−1 | 1.19 ± 0.01 | 2.03 ± 0.02 | 1.33 ± 0.01 |
pCO2(aq) | μatm | 54,379 ± 6445 | 26,714 ± 1020 | 24,963 ± 984 |
CO2 flux | mg m−2 day−1 | 876.2 ± 96.4 | 285.1 ± 10.1 | 304.8 ± 13.4 |