Table 3 Groundwater flow, Pore water Total and Soluble Reactive Phosphorus concentrations (mg/L), and Loads (mg/m2 day) (mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum) by sampling site at Oneida Lake during summer 2020.

From: Groundwater inputs could be a significant but often overlooked source of phosphorus in lake ecosystems

Parameter

Summary/site

E1

N1

N2

N3

NW1

S1

S2

S3

S4

SW1

North Shore

South Shore

All

Flow L/m2 Day

n

11

6

10

6

ND

9

11

6

14

9

27

49

87

Mean

1.92

0.47

− 0.12

0.76

− 0.31

1.54

0.48

1.22

0.57

0.26

0.80

0.77

SD

2.22

0.40

0.52

0.17

0.44

1.09

0.43

1.55

0.63

0.56

1.20

1.31

Min

− 0.52

0.16

− 0.93

0.56

− 0.88

0.37

− 0.16

− 0.09

− 0.09

− 0.93

− 0.88

− 0.93

Max

5.12

1.20

0.51

0.97

0.40

4.16

0.97

4.61

1.41

1.20

4.61

5.12

TP mg/L

n

11

6

10

6

5

9

11

6

14

9

27

49

87

Mean

34.96

31.67

49.87

11.23

4.47

13.64

23.78

11.53

26.92

21.76

28.73

21.09

25.22

SD

37.59

34.23

44.96

9.87

3.22

8.62

28.08

13.79

19.88

26.65

36.17

21.50

29.02

Min

0.88

0.83

0.56

0.24

0.68

0.65

0.17

0.36

9.93

0.69

0.24

0.17

0.17

Max

88.00

88.43

102.35

24.80

8.67

22.21

72.09

33.78

62.39

64.82

102.35

72.09

102.35

SRP mg/L

n

11

6

10

6

5

9

11

6

14

9

27

49

87

Mean

0.06

0.07

0.17

0.08

0.18

0.10

0.06

0.12

0.08

0.05

0.13

0.08

0.09

SD

0.02

0.02

0.25

0.02

0.11

0.05

0.01

0.10

0.05

0.01

0.16

0.05

0.10

Min

0.04

0.04

0.03

0.06

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.06

0.01

0.04

0.03

0.01

0.01

Max

0.11

0.11

0.85

0.10

0.29

0.16

0.07

0.30

0.20

0.07

0.85

0.30

0.85

SRP:TP Ratio

n

11

6

10

6

5

9

11

6

14

9

27

49

87

Mean

0.024

0.025

0.039

0.101

0.108

0.012

0.035

0.087

0.005

0.020

0.064

0.026

0.037

SD

0.035

0.050

0.070

0.164

0.180

0.008

0.078

0.087

0.005

0.023

0.118

0.054

0.079

Min

0.0005

0.0007

0.0004

0.0039

0.0201

0.0024

0.0007

0.0021

0.0002

0.0006

0.0004

0.0002

0.0002

Max

0.083

0.115

0.227

0.401

0.430

0.025

0.259

0.200

0.019

0.057

0.430

0.259

0.430

TP mg/m2 Day

n

11

6

10

6

5

9

11

6

14

9

27

49

87

Mean

74.84

6.28

4.88

7.57

1.98

0.84

40.73

5.78

31.11

20.40

5.25

22.64

23.85

SD

133.25

8.23

11.65

6.27

1.93

2.52

51.59

6.43

46.47

33.90

8.47

39.47

58.29

Min

− 0.06

0.00

− 0.05

0.17

− 0.01

− 0.04

0.19

0.00

− 0.01

0.00

− 0.05

− 0.04

− 0.06

Max

450.91

22.41

36.34

16.29

4.58

7.56

143.62

13.19

175.12

85.25

36.34

175.12

450.91

SRP mg/m2 Day

n

11

6

10

6

5

9

11

6

14

9

27

49

87

Mean

0.086

0.035

− 0.002

0.059

0.075

− 0.003

0.092

0.078

0.117

0.029

0.03

0.07

0.06

SD

0.12

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.07

0.01

0.07

0.11

0.24

0.03

0.05

0.14

0.12

Min

− 0.016

0.013

− 0.035

0.037

− 0.029

− 0.016

0.008

− 0.003

− 0.002

− 0.003

− 0.03

− 0.002

− 0.002

Max

0.35

0.11

0.03

0.08

0.15

0.018

0.257

0.294

0.915

0.078

0.15

0.91

0.91