Table 1 Selected variables for characterising Lake Nakuru during the entire investigation period
From: The virus’s tooth: cyanophages affect an African flamingo population in a bottom-up cascade
Mean | Range | |
|---|---|---|
Temperature (°C) | 25.1 | 21.6–30.3 |
pH | 10.1 | 9.5–10.7 |
Conductivity (mS cm−1) | 53.4 | 30.6–96.2 |
Salinity (‰) | 35.7 | 19.2–62.1 |
Total alkalinity (meq l−1) | 736 | 344–1482 |
SRP (μg l−1) | 1361 | 74–5458 |
Viruses (ml−1) | 4.8 × 109 | 1.2 × 109–7.0 × 109 |
Heterotrophic bacteria (ml−1) | 1.8 × 108 | 5.0 × 107–3.1 × 108 |
VBR | 27.1 | 10.0–48.6 |
