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Table 1 Physiochemical criteria per season of the collected seawater samples from Eastern harbora

From: Morpho-anatomical, and chemical characterization of some calcareous Mediterranean red algae species

Season

Temperature (°C)

Salinity (PSU)

pH

DO(mg/L)

NO3(µM)

NO2(µM)

NH4(µM)

PO4(µM)

Autumn 2019

21.08c ± 1.34

37.46c ± 0.34

7.983a ± 0.21

6.00a ± 0.12

1.801b ± 0.11

6.577c ± 0.68

2.678b ± 0.32

2.123c ± 0.11

Winter 2019

13.37a ± 2.45

35.74a ± 0.11

8.505b ± 0.11

10.50c ± 0.21

1.786b ± 0.03

6.700c ± 0.81

4.025c ± 1.04

2.155c ± 0.06

Spring 2020

18.72b ± 1.98

36.88b ± 0.21

8.465b ± 0.13

8.86b ± 0.11

1.946c ± 0.004

2.374b ± 0.26

1.935a ± 0.10

1.938b ± 0.24

Summer 2020

29.23d ± 1.23

37.76c ± 0.54

8.093a ± 0.22

6.07a ± 0.14

1.188a ± 0.02

1.330a ± 0.03

3.750c ± 0.63

1.183a ± 0.01

  1. aValues are means of three replicates ± SD. Different superscript letters in the same column means significant difference (at p ≤ 0.05) between seasons for the same parameter