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Table 1

Mean values of each measured parameter per depth in Cenote Jennifer in 1998 and 2009. Minor bold letters denote marked correlation among parameters. Major letters denote significant differences (p < 0.05) only in surface samples among samplings.

              1998                
Depth sampling Salinity Temperature (°C) pH Dissolved Oxygen (mg l−1) Total Hardness (mg/L) Total Alcalinity (mg l−1) Soluble Reactive Silicate (µmol l−1) Ammonium (µmol l−1) K+ (mg/L) Hydrogen Sulfide (mg l−1) Ca2+ (mg l−1) Mg2+ (mg l−1) SO42− (mg l−1) Na+ (mg l−1) Cl (mg l−1)
Surface 7.0A 29.6A 8.08 7.2A 390.8 64.9 104.8A 2.9A 135.4 152.7 282.2 1144.1 5337.2 3748.2 7439.2
4.0 m 12.5 29.0 7.33 6.8 390.8 64.9 104.8 2.9 135.4 152.7 282.2 1144.1 5337.2 3748.2 7439.2
8.0 m 14.0 28.8 7.27 5.7 426.1 71.1 118.0 4.5 155.2 160.5 207.8 1409.9 4483.4 4072.2 8367.4
12.0 m 15.0 27.7 7.19 0.0 465.4 77.0 231.8 7.9 174.8 207.9 174.3 1619.9 4135.3 4373.1 8942.8
Marked correlation a b a b,c c,d d,e c,f b,c,d,e,f d,e c,f d,e d,e d,e d,e d,e
              2009                
Depth sampling Salinity Temperature (°C) Dissolved Oxygen (mg l−1) Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (µmol l−1) Total Phosphorus (µmol l−1) Soluble Reactive Silicate (µmol l−1) Ammonium (µmol l−1) Nitrate + nitrite (µmol l−1) Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (µmol l−1) Total Nitrogen (µmol l−1)
Surface (March 1) 15.0B 25.3B 6.4B 0.1A 0.6A    64.5B 4.5B 0.7A 5.2A 77.0A        
Surface (March 2) 16.0C 26.3C 10.3C ND 0.2B    60.0C 4.4C 0.7A 5.1A 24.5B        
Surface (April 1) 13.1D 27.5D 6.2D 0.03B 0.4A    53.6D 3.7D 0.5 4.2B 33.0C        
Surface (April 2) 13.8E 27.4E 5.5E 0.1A 0.3A    56.0D 3.7D 0.5A 4.2B 31.7C        
Surface (mean) 14.5 26.6 7.1 0.07 0.3    58.5 4.1 0.6 4.7 41.5        
Marked correlation a b   c c d a,e f a,b f d,e        

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