TABLE 1.Abiotic characteristics of surface sediments (sediment-water interface) in Lake Sadatal during 2005.

 

PARAMETERS

Jan

Feb

March

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

pH

7.2

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.4

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.6

7.0

7.0

7.0

Salinity ppt

0.9

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.6

0.9

0.7

1.0

0.6

EC, mS/cm

.432

.628

.701

.714

1.67

1.84

1.70

.843

.532

.242

.689

.172

TDS, mg/L

643

889

899

1011

1236

1432

1289

954

789

345

634

532

Average Atmospheric Temperature, °C

15.5

21.8

24

30

31.3

31.1

29.4

29.4

29.4

26.6

20.9

16.6

Temp. Minimum

7.6

13.6

15.9

20.5

24.9

25.6

25.3

25.2

24.5

20

13.7

9.8

Temp. Maximum

25.8

31.4

33.5

39.3

38.7

38.1

34.6

34.7

35.2

34.4

29.5

25.4

Dissolved oxygen in Water (mg/L)

8.6

7.8

7.0

6.5

4.6

3.2

4.0

5.7

4.9

6.2

9.5

9.0

Sodium, (mg/g)

89.2

107.8

112

134

174

157.3

184.5

197.2

178.2

98

84

97.4

Potassium, (mg/g)

67

80.84

72

98

112

89

102

123

97.3

45.9

57.3

47.8

Magnesium (mg/g)

32.1

24.3

43

44

48

49.7

46

32

22

25

11

23.8

Iron (mg/g)

.46

.59

.51

.84

.89

.93

.87

.65

.57

.32

.43

.37

Copper (mg/g)

.34

.22

.29

.42

.67

.94

.86

.91

.75

.67

.42

.21

Lead (mg/g)

.10

.13.4

.21.

.23

.26

.32

.28

.10

.9

.9

.12

.8

 

TABLE 2. Numerical distribution of thecamoebians in 18 samples from Lake Sadatal (numbers within parenthesis

are percentage values). (PDF format)