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Table 4. Seasonal (April through October) median values for submersed aquatic vegetation habitat criteria parameters in freshwater tidal Potomac River segment UTR for the period 1983 through 1997
YEAR
SECCHI (m)
TSS
(mg/l)
CHLA
(mg/l)
DIP
(mg/l)
1983
0.66
12.5
5.56
0.0300
1984
0.76
10.0
8.26
0.0200
1985
0.91
14.5
7.98
0.0400
1986
0.60
15.0
7.35
0.0200
1987
0.70
14.0
8.37
0.0300
1988
0.60
19.0
7.03
0.0220
1989
0.50
15.5
6.88
0.0380
1990
0.60
18.0
8.52
0.0320
1991
0.70
15.5
8.97
0.0160
1992
0.60
18.0
7.85
0.0230
1993
0.60
19.5
12.71
0.0130
1994
0.60
17.0
18.44
0.0205
1995
0.70
20.0
19.94
0.0160
1996
0.60
23.0
8.65
0.0215
1997
0.60
20.5
20.50
0.0125

 
Table 5. Seasonal (April through October) median values for submersed aquatic vegetation habitat criteria parameters in freshwater tidal Potomac River segment LTR for the period 1983 through 1997
YEAR
SECCHI (m)
TSS
(mg/l)
CHLA
(mg/l)
DIP
(mg/l)
1983
0.61
18.0
9.68
0.0400
1984
0.67
18.0
25.66
0.0200
1985
0.61
15.0
24.44
0.0375
1986
0.50
17.5
12.79
0.0320
1987
0.75
14.0
7.73
0.0290
1988
0.75
15.7
6.48
0.0290
1989
0.80
11.5
5.21
0.0250
1990
0.60
17.0
4.38
0.0300
1991
0.80
9.0
4.80
0.0185
1992
0.70
15.0
3.99
0.0300
1993
0.70
15.5
4.98
0.0255
1994
0.60
19.3
12.96
0.0255
1995
0.60
22.0
17.57
0.0233
1996
0.50
27.5
11.04
0.0185
1997
0.45
26.3
25.08
0.0148

 


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