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Table 1 Summary of the water parameters of the 27 main tributaries of TGRC

From: Temporal variations in macroinvertebrate communities from the tributaries in the Three Gorges Reservoir Catchment, China

Seasons

SD(cm)

WT (°C)

pH

Chl a (μg/l)

DO (mg/l)

ORP (mv)

Cond (μS/cm)

Spring

131.69 ± 112.87b

15.96 ± 1.84b

8.31 ± 0.48b

10.53 ± 25.06c

9.00 ± 2.04b

145.85 ± 45.44a

134.21 ± 41.85a

Summer

57.64 ± 49.24a

22.35 ± 3.43d

8.24 ± 0.28a

5.82 ± 10.26b

8.82 ± 1.89b

143.85 ± 100.6a

305.09 ± 141.79c

Autumn

136.64 ± 52.03c

20.02 ± 2.87c

8.23 ± 0.38ab

7.76 ± 10.21c

7.26 ± 1.49a

165.75 ± 22.62b

288.23 ± 78.94bc

Winter

239.69 ± 73.18d

9.86 ± 3.30a

8.26 ± 0.32ab

1.15 ± 2.03a

7.58 ± 0.77c

154.12 ± 38.02b

285.86 ± 66.19bc

Chi-Square

163.955

420.838

5.844

174.943

119.062

33.568

270.117

p-value

<0.001

<0.001

0.119

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. Note: Different letters represent significant differences, same letters represent nonsignificant differences