Table 3. Mean water quality parameters of Terrie River in dry and wet seasons
Parameter | Season | Mean | SE | t-test | df | p-value |
DO (mg/L) | Dry | 5.13 | 0.21 | 5.117 | 14 | 0.000*** |
Wet | 3.91 | 0.12 | | | |
pH | Dry | 8.79 | 0.06 | 0.033 | 14 | 0.974 |
Wet | 8.79 | 0.09 | | | |
Tem (°C) | Dry | 28.08 | 0.20 | 2.810 | 14 | 0.014** |
Wet | 27.16 | 0.25 | | | |
Trans (cm) | Dry | 11.75 | 0.59 | 7.333 | 14 | 0.000*** |
Wet | 7.00 | 0.27 | | | |
Cond (µS/cm) | Dry | 301.88 | 6.20 | 3.620 | 14 | 0.003** |
Wet | 345.00 | 10.18 | | | |
PO4 (mg/L) | Dry | 0.9212 | 0.15 | 1.302 | 14 | 0.214 |
Wet | 1.1250 | 0.05 | | | |
NO3 (mg/L) | Dry | 3.2575 | 0.28 | 0.838 | 14 | 0.416 |
Wet | 3.5262 | 0.16 | | | |
NH3 (mg/L) | Dry | 1.8038 | 0.19 | 2.654 | 14 | 0.019** |
Wet | 2.4288 | 0.13 | | | |
TDS (mg/L) | Dry | 171.62 | 1.57 | 0.506 | 14 | 0.621 |
Wet | 170.00 | 2.80 | | | |
significant;
highly significant;
very highly significant.