Research Article

Physiological Response of the Freshwater Mussel Unio douglasiae in Microcystis aeruginosa Bloom Waters

Table 2

Environmental variables at the surface of river water (RW) and lake water (LW) (15 January 2010).

VariablesRWLW

Sampling location37°3130N, 127°0430E37°3150N, 1270510E
Sampling time10:00 AM11:00 AM
Temperature (°C)1.354.43
Conductivity (μS·cm-1)108316
Salinity (‰)0.100.25
Dissolved oxygen saturation (%)13199
pH8.48.1
Turbidity1.77.8
Total nitrogen (mg·L-1)6.241.22
Total phosphorous (mg·L-1)0.360.06
Cell density (104 cells·mL-1)2.372.20
Carbon content (mg C·cell-1)15.561.77
chl-a (μg·L-1)47.125.4