Table 1. Surface and bottom diel values of water properties measured at the same sites in different seasons. Data are averaged for all times in each study. (Standard error shown in brackets).
 

Variable
Winter
Summer
Peel
Harvey
Peel
Harvey
Salinity
(%o) 
Surface
9.7
(0.4)
7.3 
(0.1) 
41.4
(0.2)
44.0
(0.1)
Bottom
31.1
(0.2)
9.1
(0.4) 
42.4 
(0.3)
44.1
(0.1)
Temperature
(oC)
Surface
16.9 
(0.4) 
16.8 
(0.1) 
25.3 
(0.3)
24.8
(0.2)
Bottom
16.5
(0.05)
15.6
(0.1)
25.4
(0.4)
24.9
(0.2)
Depth (m)
  1.70 
2.20
1.80
2.25
Attenuation Coefficient (Em-1) 
0.98
0.81
0.25 
 0.59
Chlorophyll 'a'
(mg L-1)
Surface
48.9
(4.0)
12.2
(1.2)
 0.9 
(0.2)
1.7
(0.3)
Bottom
22.4
(7.2)
14.2
(2.2)
1.2 
(0.3)
2.7
(0.8)
Dissolved Oxygen (ugL-1) 
Surface
15.3 
 (0.3) 
 11.7 
(0.7) 
 8.1 
(0.4)
6.8
(0.3)
Bottom
3.4 
(0.4)
3.7
(1.0)
7.7 
(0.6)
6.6
(0.2)
NH4+ -N 
(mg L-1)
Surface
113
 (14) 
83
 (15)
26 
(3)
403
(19)
Bottom
474
 (57) 
120
(18)
23
(3)
396
(25)
NO3- +NO2- -N 
(mg L-1)
Surface
353
(37)
25
 (5)
 4 
(0.5)
246
(30)
Bottom
72
(19) 
45
(15) 
 3 
(0.5)
259
(14)
Organic-N 
(mg L-1) 
Surface
1178
(74)
1186
(58) 
432
(21)
692
(28)
Bottom
510 
(141)
 1033
(89)
 433 
(32)
734
(39)
PO34- -P 
(mg L-l) 
Surface
15
(4)
16
(4) 
2
(0.3)
 1 
 (0)
Bottom
53
 (10) 
11
(2) 
2
(1)
 4 
(1)
Organic-P 
(mg L-l) 
Surface
58
(13) 
71
(21) 
37
(3)
 51 
(4)
Bottom
63
(8)
108
 (41) 
54
(7)
 77 
(14)