Table 1 Main limnological parameters of shallow alkaline lakes.

From: Disentangling the lifestyle of bacterial communities in tropical soda lakes

	ET(04SR)_D	OT_D	CVO_D	ET(08SR)_D	ET(04SR)_W	OT_W	CVO_W	ET(08SR)_W
pH	10.01 ± 0.01^b	9.69 ± 0.03^c	8.55 ± 0.05^d	10.07 ± 0.05^a	10.0 ± 0.05^a	9.08 ± 0.07^c	8.63 ± 0.05^d	9.41 ± 0.05^b
Temperature (°C)	26.43 ± 0.11^Ac	37.66 ± 0.16^Ab	27.25 ± 0.01^Ad	35.05 ± 0.13^Aa	25.74 ± 0.90^Ba	26.25 ± 0.45^Bc	27.19 ± 0.21^Bd	25.41 ± 0.21^Bb
E.C. (μS cm−1)	16,295 ± 557^Ac	17,990 ± 65^Ab	1777 ± 0^Ad	39,257 ± 194^Aa	1723 ± 4^Ba	679.0 ± 7^Bc	556.6 ± 0.57^Bd	1001 ± 13^Bb
Salinity (g L⁻¹)	11.10 ± 1.74^Ab	9.71 ± 0.62^Ab	0.98 ± 0.15^Ac	25.12 ± 2.14^Aa	1.69 ± 0.13^Ba	0.82 ± 0.003^Bb	0.53 ± 0.005^Bc	0.96 ± 0.02^Bb
Alkalinity (mmol L⁻¹)	97.5 ± 3.81^Ab	66.95 ± 2.72^Ac	8.03 ± 0.35^Ad	200.02 ± 8.85^Aa	8.77 ± 1.59^Ba	3.80 ± 0.28^Bbc	3.80 ± 0.28^Bc	5.13 ± 0.28^Bb
NH₄⁺ (mg L⁻¹)	4.68 ± 1.49^Aa	0.29 ± 0.17^Ab	0.31 ± 0.14^Ab	2.75 ± 0.24^Aa	0.77 ± 0.007^Ba	0.03 ± 0.001^Bbc	0.04 ± 0.01^Bc	0.07 ± 0.01^Bb
NO₂⁻ (mg L⁻¹)	0.17 ± 0.04^Ac	0.33 ± 0.02^Ab	0.01 ± 0.001^Ad	0.66 ± 0.04^Aa	0.03 ± 0.02^Bb	0.08 ± 0.0009^Ba	0.003 ± 0^Bc	0.003 ± 0^Bc
NO₃⁻ (mg L⁻¹)	0.78 ± 0.007^Ac	0.84 ± 0.08^Ab	0.05 ± 0.01^Ad	0.22 ± 0.06^Aa	0.12 ± 0.01^Bb	0.25 ± 0.07^Ba	0.006 ± 0^Bc	0.03 ± 0.04^Bc
Cl⁻ (mg L⁻¹)	381.76 ± 94^Ab	529.43 ± 105^Ab	39.16 ± 3.87^Ac	1056.5 ± 134^Aa	41.77 ± 8^Ba	20.05 ± 1^Bbc	6.88 ± 0.37^Bc	28.04 ± 13^Bab
oPO₄^–3 (mg L⁻¹)	84.09 ± 4.05^Aa	86.91 ± 11^Aa	0.41 ± 0.05^Ac	60.42 ± 3.72^Ab	2.2 ± 0.17^Ba	1.16 ± 0.32^Bb	0.07 ± 0.04^Bc	0.43 ± 0.05^Bc
Na⁺ (mg L⁻¹)	6,735 ± 768^Ab	6,018 ± 1125^Ab	432.72 ± 27^Ab	14,370 ± 893^Aa	581.45 ± 158^Ba	215.8 ± 5.88^Bbc	81.95 ± 13^Bc	226.35 ± 22^Bb
SO₄^–2 (mg L⁻¹)	20.93 ± 2.48^Ac	809.3 ± 190^Ab	2.79 ± 1.65^Ad	1,339 ± 172^Aa	0.01 ± 0^Bc	21.91 ± 3^Bc	0.63 ± 1^Bc	13.20 ± 8^Bb
Ca⁺² (mg L⁻¹)	316.4 ± 76^Bb	581 ± 311^Bb	81.87 ± 9^Bb	407.1 ± 211^Ba	69.5 ± 5.91^Aa	79.72 ± 48^Aa	40.28 ± 7^Ab	55.33 ± 10^Aab
DOC (mg L⁻¹)	0.92 ± 0.17^Ab	0.30 ± 0.02^Ac	0.07 ± 0.005^Ad	5.32 ± 0.18^Aa	77.53 ± 0.12^Ba	12.12 ± 0.40^Bd	15.94 ± 1.37^Bc	39.94 ± 0.39^Bb
DIC (mg L⁻¹)	1.20 ± 0.02^Ab	1.07 ± 0.02^Ac	0.17 ± 0.002^Ad	1.50 ± 0.04^Aa	171.59 ± 1.68^Ba	54.46 ± 0.58^Bc	47.87 ± 1.78^Bd	91.75 ± 0.44^Bb
TDN (mg L⁻¹)	1389 ± 68^Ab	177.17 ± 31^Ac	358.6 ± 11^Ac	2819 ± 265^Aa	10.52 ± 0.54^Ba	0.98 ± 0.02^Bc	1.25 ± 0.07^Bc	4.24 ± 0.05^Bb
TP (mg L⁻¹)	179.1 ± 0.65^Ab	155.2 ± 11^Ac	9.43 ± 0.57^Ad	207.3 ± 1.13^Aa	3.4 ± 0.34^Ba	1.16 ± 0.32^Bb	0.07 ± 0.04^Bc	0.43 ± 0.05^Bc
TN (mg L⁻¹)	1,511 ± 14^Ab	291.47 ± 19^Ac	419.9 ± 35^Ac	3,394 ± 131^Aa	16.12 ± 2.63^Ba	1.95 ± 0.10^Bc	2.23 ± 0.09^Bbc	5.62 ± 0.47^Bb
Chlorophyll-a (μg L⁻¹)	2046 ± 958^Ab	0.01 ± 0^Ab	0.22 ± 0.10^Ab	11,348 ± 1.47^Aa	119.3 ± 3.31^Ba	9.76 ± 0.31^Bc	6.07 ± 1.05^Bc	37.68 ± 3^Bb
TPN (mg L⁻¹)	121.38 ± 72^A	114.29 ± 27^A	61.26 ± 25^A	574.7 ± 365^A	5.62 ± 2.54^Ba	0.97 ± 0.09^Bb	0.97 ± 0.09^Bb	1.38 ± 0.52^Bb
DIN (mg L⁻¹)	5.63 ± 1.53^Ab	1.47 ± 0.23^Ab	0.38 ± 0.13^Ac	3.64 ± 0.29^Aa	0.94 ± 0.02^Ba	0.38 ± 0.07^Bb	0.04 ± 0.01^Bc	0.10 ± 0.05^Bc
DON (mg L⁻¹)	1384 ± 70^Ab	175.7 ± 32^Ad	358.3 ± 11^Ac	2,815 ± 265^Aa	9.55 ± 0.56^Ba	0.60 ± 0.08^Bc	1.20 ± 0.09^Bc	4.13 ± 0.11^Bb
Bacterioplankton (cell mL⁻¹)	5.86 × 10⁸ ± 2.16	1.65 × 10⁷ ± 5.26	5.35 × 10⁶ ± 3.55	1.90 × 10⁸ ± 8.47	9.03 × 10⁷ ± 2.92	6.97 × 10³ ± 3.22	2.33 × 10⁶ ± 6.75	1.21 × 10⁷ ± 1.73
Phytoplankton categories (cell mL⁻¹)
PcyPc	1.58 × 10⁵ ± 2.20	2.66 × 10⁶ ± 2.12	1.30 × 10⁴ ± 5.72	4.42 × 10⁵ ± 3.32	9.10 × 10⁵ ± 1.19	1.31 × 10³ ± 9.72	3.97 × 10³ ± 6.10	1.02 × 10⁵ ± 6.59
Peuk	1.16 × 10⁴ ± 1.23	2.71 × 10⁴ ± 2.38	1.65 × 10³ ± 1.13	5.37 × 10⁵ ± 4.36	8.25 × 10³ ± 4.91	2.93 × 10³ ± 8.90	2.84 × 10³ ± 1.98	1.34 × 10⁴ ± 7.81
PE rich euk or cyano	1.37 × 10⁶ ± 2.59	5.93 × 10³ ± 8.72	7.28 × 10² ± 5.44	1.45 × 10⁶ ± 4.50	1.69 × 10⁶ ± 5.18	9.35 × 10¹ ± 3.75	9.72 × 10¹ ± 1.35	6.62 × 10⁴ ± 2.82
PcyPE_2	1.91 × 10⁶ ± 5.35	1.93 × 10³ ± 7.06	5.69 × 10³ ± 6.48	1.23 × 10³ ± 4.27	3.67 × 10¹ ± 4.23	5.50 ± 7.02	1.28 × 10³ ± 2.20	5.50 ± 7.02
PcyPE_1	0	3.20 × 10⁵ ± 8.96	6.39 × 10³ ± 2.39	2.31 × 10⁵ ± 1.29	1.38 × 10⁶ ± 2.98	1.49 × 10³ ± 7.91	2.03 × 10³ ± 4.71	2.22 × 10⁵ ± 8.84
Neuk	6.42 × 10² ± 2.60	7.41 × 10² ± 1.95	8.30 × 10² ± 1.28	2.47 × 10² ± 4.27	5.50 × 10¹ ± 1.10	2.99 × 10² ± 3.15	1.06 × 10² ± 4.88	9.58 × 10⁴ ± 1.02

The letter D correspond to the dry season while the letter W correspond to the wet season. The uppercase letters compare the seasons (dry and wet), while lowercase letters compare the lakes (p < 0.05).
E.C electric conductivity, DOC dissolved organic carbon, DIC dissolved inorganic carbon, TDN total dissolved nitrogen, TP total phosphorus, TN total nitrogen, TPN total particulate nitrogen, DIN dissolved inorganic nitrogen, DON dissolved organic nitrogen, PcyPC phycocyanin-rich picocyanobacterial, Peuk picoeukaryote, PE rich euk or cyano phycoerythrin rich eukaryote or cyanobacteria, PcyPE_1 and PcyPE_2 phycoerythrin-rich picocyanobacterial type I and II, Neuk nanoeukaryote.

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Table 1 Main limnological parameters of shallow alkaline lakes.

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