Table 4 Descriptive statistics and coefficient of variation (CV) for physicochemical parameters and water discharge at the gauging station on the Stara river in the period 2003–2023.

From: Transformation of water chemistry in the Stara River under climate and land use changes in the Carpathians

Parameter

Unit

Mean

Min

Max

Std. Dev.

CV [%]

Q

m3·s−1

0.15

0.0001

64.09

0.86

569.9

pH

7.66

7.02

8.13

0.2

2.1

EC

µS·cm−1

479.2

129.2

800.0

103.9

21.7

TSS

mg·dm−3

152.9

0.2

4763.9

398.6

260.7

TDS

364.2

64.3

724.4

93.4

25.7

Ca2+

55.67

15.68

114.33

12.3

22.2

Mg2+

14.02

3.30

25.97

3.9

28.0

Na+

18.76

5.05

68.79

6.4

34.0

K+

8.83

1.44

50.21

10.5

119.2

NH4+

0.201

0.0004

3.559

0.4

193.2

HCO3

186.36

30.55

425.80

55.9

30.0

SO42−

55.80

18.54

120.00

15.3

27.3

Cl

22.99

7.06

82.54

7.4

32.2

NO3

7.17

0.005

28.56

5.2

72.1

NO2

0.062

0.005

1.14

0.1

199.5

PO43−

0.214

0.01

2.7

0.35

161.8

TIN

1.13

0.000

7.51

1.3

116.7