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Table 4

Chemical parameters of the surface and near-bottom water of Lake Gulbinas during the different study periods (mean values ± SD for May, August and September). Asterisks indicate significant differences (Kruskal-Wallis test, p ≤ 0.05) in each chemical parameter between two study periods, urban (2014–2015) and agriculture (1987–1989).

Parameter Period, years

  Agriculture Transitional Urban


  1962 1987–1989 2001–2002 2007 2014–2015
Inorganic nitrogen (mg L−1) 0.4 ±  0.2
0.8 ± 0.0
1.3 ± 0.2
3.4 ± 0.3
1.3 ± 0.1
1.8 ± 0.1
0.8 ± 0.5
2.4 ± 0.2
0.7 ± 0.2*
2.3 ± 0.1*
Total nitrogen (mg L−1) 2.2 ± 0.2
4.3 ± 0.2
1.9 ± 0.1
2.2 ± 0.2
1.7 ± 0.4
3.6 ± 0.7
1.6 ± 0.2*
3.5 ± 0.1*
Inorganic phosphorus (mg L−1) 0.03 ± 0.01
0.04 ± 0.01
0.01 ± 0.0
0.03 ± 0.0
0.01 ± 0.0
0.06 ± 0.0
0.01 ± 0.00*
0.07 ± 0.01*
Total phosphorus (mg L−1) 0.06 ± 0.00
0.08 ± 0.00
0.05 ± 0.04
0.06 ± 0.01
0.03 ± 0.01
0.09 ± 0.02
0.03 ± 0.01*
0.1 ± 0.00*
Dissolved organic carbon (mg L−1) 9.6 ± 3.5
9.8 ± 1.9
9.4 ± 1.0
9.5 ± 1.4
10.5 ± 1.3
10.5 ± 1.0
10.4 ± 1.6
10.8 ± 0.4
10.3 ± 0.2
10.1 ± 0.5
Biochemical oxygen demand (mg O2 L−1) 4.8 ± 0.1
4.3 ± 0.2
5.7 ± 0.1
4.8 ± 0.0
7.5 ± 0.9
7.4 ± 1.0
6.8 ± 0.4*
9.4 ± 0.5*

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