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Table 1

Physical and chemical characteristics, total phytoplankton biomass and total zooplankton abundance and biomass of the seven lakes in Cyprus used in the study. Abbreviation: Stations (St), Abb (Samplings abbreviations), Months (M), Total phytoplankton biomass (PhytoBio), Total zooplankton abundance (ZooAbu) and biomass (ZooBio), February (Feb), March (Mar), first and second half of March (Mar1 and Mar2, respectively), April (Apr), missing data (m.d.)

Lake       Temperature (°C) Depth (cm) Salinity (ppt) pH PhytoBio (mg/L) ΖοοAbu (ind/L) ΖοοBio (mg/L)







  St M Abb 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016
Larnaka Salt Lakes
Megali Larnaka St 1 Feb MLAA1402 17.80 13 57.60 7.59 0.73 3.23 11.31
May MLAA1505 23.00 35 50.84 8.98 0.12 20.47 0.20
St 2   MLAB1505 21.70 100 50.63 8.66 0.14 6.81 0.03
Feb MLAB1602 m.d. 35 m.d. m.d. 0.76 13.50 100.66
Mar MLAB1603 24.87 32 48.69 7.43 0.02 19.54 125.55
Apr MLAB1604 23.30 25 228.80 6.75 0.02 16.75 162.41
May MLAB1605 27.20 16 300.00 7.28 1.40 1.50 7.79
Airport Lake Feb AERB1402 19.40 23 36.08 8.93 <0.01 8.79 76.57
May AERB1505 22.20 40 36.81 9.44 0.14 5.35 036
Soros Lake Feb SOR1402 23.17 18 50.60 8.29 41.60 4.66 4.47
May SOR1505 23.30 65 48.61 9.18 0.06 5.42 1.33
Orphani Lake Feb ORP1402 23.27 13 50.46 7.88 9.70 3.48   0.01
May ORP1505 24.30 40 49.37 8.17 0.06 3.24 1.55
Mar ORP1603 25.39 25 48.12 8.23 0.53 1.42 0.47
Apr ORP1604 26.70 15 161.00 7.50 2.85 0.29 0.08
Akrotiri Lake St 1 Feb AKRA1402 15.50 37 53.37 8.44 1.79 6.30 0.27
Apr AKRA1504 22.70 60 34.81 8.43 0.50 15.28 0.05
Feb AKRA1602 12.30 18 65.50 7.52 0.07 4.13 0.13
Mar AKRA1603 20.00 15 69.00 7.10 0.16 0.38 0.24
Apr AKRA1604 20.20 10 54.27 8.00 <0.01 2.94 1.54
St 2 Apr AKRB1504 23.50 45 35.96 8.91 0.43 2.69 <0.01
Lake Paralimni St 1 Mar1 PARA1503a 25.90 5 3.99 9.08 0.35 73.16 0.10
Mar2 PARA1503b 19.20 20 4.80 10.05 0.05 280.56 1.22
St2 Feb PARB1402 18.80 95 5.37 8.45 0.01 250.82 0.79
Mar1 PARB1503a 21.20 20 3.59 10.11 0.05 168.65 0.19
Mar2 PARB1503b 23.00 30 4.20 10.76 0.01 125.14 0.48
Feb PARB1602 m.d.   m.d. m.d. m.d. m.d. 226.90 3.77
St3 Mar1 PARC1503a 24.20 20 4.49 8.85 0.06 119.57 0.03
Mar2 PARC1503b 22.00 10 5.80 9.54 0.05 291.48 0.08
Lake Oroklini St 1 Feb OROA1402 23.80 95 7.04 8.51 0.19 1253.33 6.37
May OROA1505 19.90 25   7.02 8.49 0.16 126.67 0.60
Feb OROA1602 m.d. 37 m.d. m.d. 29.43 199.26 1.64
Mar OROA1603 22.03 50 8.90 8.51 49.17 176.86 0.86
Apr OROA1604 22.70 40 9.29 8.39 48.33 1702.78 8.64
May OROA1605 22.92 20 <2.00 9.00 7.79 29.58 0.18
St 2 Mar OROB1503 12.30 m.d.   <2.00 8.34   3.88 155.28 3.86

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