Research Article
Anomalous Fluctuation of Halogens in Relation to the Pollution Status along Lake Mariout, Egypt
Table 2
Distribution of the studied variables in surface water (w) and their chlorinity ratios along Lake Mariout.
| Determined variables | Minimum | Site | Maximum | Site | Average | SD | Seawatera | Lake Marioutb,c,d |
| Physicochemical variables | Tw | 13.7 | 10 | 15.34 | 11 | 17.59 | 1.34 | | | Salinity (S‰w) | 2.3 | 13 | 7.9 | 1 | 4.89 | 1.52 | | | Chlorinity (Cl‰w) | 2.05 | 13 | 7.1 | 1 | 4.38 | 1.37 | 18.98 | | TDSw (mg L−1l) | 2463.5 | 13 | 7683 | 1 | 4850.3 | 1528.74 | | | Turbidity (NTU) | 1.66 | 8 | 38.5 | 12 | 12.96 | 11.74 | | | DOw (mg L−1l) | 0 | 6 | 12.41 | 2 | 6.05 | 4.83 | | 2.14–5.63d | pHw | 7.44 | 13 | 8.99 | 2 | | | | 7.10–8.60d | CO3w (mg L−1) | 1.2 | 1 & 2 | 115.2 | 3 | 31 | 38.8 | | | HCO3w (mg L−1) | 78.08 | 3 | 190.32 | 12 | 114.7 | 32.1 | | | Bw (mg L−1) | 0.5 | 7 | 16.61 | 1 | 6.91 | 4.11 | 4.5 | | Pw (μg L−1) | 0.03 | 8 | 1.26 | 5 | 0.29 | 0.33 | | | Siw (μg L−1) | 0.09 | 12 | 6.99 | 4 | 3.17 | 1.91 | | | Caw (mg L−1) | 60.92 | 12 | 352.7 | 8 | 177.03 | 73.5 | 400 | 54.9, 81.8–146.4d | Mgw (mg L−1) | 97.25 | 3 | 666.15 | 1 | 286.84 | 160.02 | 1272 | 120.1 | Naw (mg L−1) | 231 | 11 | 1420 | 1 | 1011.15 | 297.2 | 10556 | 1033.2 | Kw (mg L−1) | 8 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 37.69 | 12.3 | 380 | 58.5 | Liw(mg L−1) | 0.139 | 11 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.154 | 0.01 | 0.17 | | SO4w (mg L−1) | 19.78 | 12 | 341.11 | 9 | 168.56 | 94.88 | 2649 | 424.5 | Cuw (μg L−1) | 2.04 | 3 | 6.21 | 7 | 3.17 | 1.13 | 7 | | Mnw (μg L−1) | 0.01 | 8 &13 | 19.8 | 3 | 3.15 | 5.54 | 10 | | Few (μg L−1) | 0.09 | 9 | 13.92 | 13 | 6.9 | 4.19 | 40 | | Znw (μg L−1) | 5.27 | 2 | 23.67 | 5 | 10.85 | 5.78 | 20 | | Fw (mg L−1) | 0.15 | 11 | 3.96 | 12 | 2.04 | 1.17 | 1.3 | | Clw (mg L−1) | 2048 | 13 | 7284 | 1 | 4397 | 1400 | 18980 | | Brw (mg L−1) | 5.06 | 12&13 | 54.1 | 5 | 18.13 | 18.91 | 65 | 5.92 | Iw (μg L−1) | 5.66 | 10 | 54.1 | 4 | 11.08 | 12.96 | 60 | |
| Ion chlorinity ratio | Caw/Clw | 1.70E − 02 | 12 | 1.00E − 01 | 13 | 4.40E − 02 | 2.40E − 02 | 2.13E − 02 | 3.35E − 02 | Mgw/Clw | 2.50E − 02 | 3 | 1.10E − 01 | 13 | 6.40E − 02 | 2.30E − 02 | 6.69E − 02 | 7.33E − 02 | Naw/Clw | 6.50E − 02 | 11 | 3.80E − 01 | 13 | 2.40E − 01 | 7.20E − 02 | 5.60E − 01 | 6.35E − 01 | Kw/Clw | 2.20E − 03 | 11 | 1.50E − 02 | 13 | 8.90E − 03 | 2.90E − 03 | 2.10E − 02 | 3.60E − 02 | Liw/Clw | 2.40E − 05 | 1 | 7.00E − 05 | 13 | 3.80E − 05 | 1.10E − 05 | 9.39E − 06 | | SO4w/Clw | 5.40E − 03 | 12 | 1.10E − 01 | 13 | 4.20E − 02 | 3.10E − 02 | 1.40E − 01 | 2.60E − 01 | Bw/Clw | 9.78E − 05 | 7 | 3.32E − 03 | 9 | 6.70E − 03 | 1.70E − 03 | 8.95E − 04 | | Fw/Clw | 4.30E − 05 | 11 | 1.40E − 03 | 13 | 5.40E − 04 | 4.20E − 04 | 6.70E − 05 | | Brw/Clw | 1.40E − 03 | 12 | 1.60E − 02 | 9 | 4.40E − 03 | 5.00E − 03 | 3.50E − 03 | 3.60E − 05 | Iw/Clw | 9.40E − 04 | 1 | 1.60E − 02 | 4 | 3.00E − 03 | 4.00E − 03 | | |
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