Table 2 Altitude and three physicochemical parameters of the water are indicated for the localities studied (El Tatio and Catarpe, Chile) and the common garden experiment.

From: Global gene expression analysis provides insight into local adaptation to geothermal streams in tadpoles of the Andean toad Rhinella spinulosa

Parameters

Sampled localities

Common garden

El Tatio

Catarpe

Altitude (m)

4,260

2,460

585

T (°C)

25 ± 1.3

18 ± 2.2

20 ± 0.5 or 25 ± 0.5

pH

7.9 ± 0.0

7.8 ± 0.1

8.3 ± 0.02

Oxygen (mg/L)

5 ± 0.4

3.2 ± 0.1

8.1 ± 0.03

  1. The values are shown as mean ± standard error, except for altitude.
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