Effects of the tide on the temporal and spatial physicochemical structure of the Kienké river estuary (South Atlantic Coast of Cameroon, Kribi) and its phytoplankton

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Division	Class	Orders	Family	Genus	Species	% of taxa
Chrysophyta	4	10	17	30	60	36.36
Chlorophyta	4	12	13	23	47	28.48
Cyanophyta	1	4	7	15	29	17.57
Pyrrophyta	2	4	7	9	16	9.70
Euglénophyta	1	1	2	6	13	7.87
Total	12	31	46	83	165	100

Variables		Temp.	EC	Sal.	pH	DO	SPM	NH₄⁺	NO_2-	NO_2-	PO₄³⁻
Variables		°C	mS cm⁻¹	PSU		mg l⁻¹
Temp.	°C	1
EC	mS cm⁻¹	0.248	1
Sal.	PSU	0.214	0.999	1
pH		−0.134	−0.988	−0.995	1
DO	mg l⁻¹	−0.106	−0.933	−0.923	0.904	1
SPM		−0.525	−0.736	−0.699	0.629	0.835	1
NH₄⁺		0.306	0.813	0.831	−0.848	−0.553	−0.306	1
NO_2-		−0.069	−0.984	−0.989	0.994	0.939	0.655	−0.785	1
NO_3-		−0.899	−0.597	−0.561	0.481	0.526	0.832	−0.452	0.446	1
PO₄³⁻		−0.460	0.572	0.571	−0.583	−0.794	−0.511	0.092	−0.671	0.031	1

Variables		Temp.	EC	Sal.	pH	DO	SPM	NH₄⁺	NO_2-	NO_2-	PO₄³⁻
Variables		°C	mS cm⁻¹	PSU		mg l⁻¹
Temp.	°C	1
EC	mS cm⁻¹	−0.354	1
Sal.	PSU	−0.403	0.997	1
pH		0.064	0.907	0.878	1
DO	mg l⁻¹	0.230	−0.846	−0.815	−0.846	1
SPM		−0.078	−0.904	−0.881	−0.990	0.772	1
NH₄⁺		0.663	−0.687	−0.736	−0.386	0.247	0.456	1
NO_2-		0.790	−0.699	−0.708	−0.434	0.769	0.365	0.502	1
NO_3-		0.398	−0.724	−0.762	−0.532	0.246	0.621	0.950	0.312	1
PO₄³⁻		−0.903	0.417	0.479	0.008	−0.073	−0.053	−0.888	−0.585	−0.705	1

Variables	Units	Avg. ± SD	Med.	Min.	Max	N
Temp.	°C	27.39 ± 2.33	27.75	22.6	31	64
EC	mS cm⁻¹	16.56 ± 12.05	14.78	0.22	49.7	64
S	PSU	11.51 ± 8.47	8.75	0	29.32	64
pH		7.75 ± 0.82	7.97	6	8.86	64
DO	mg l⁻¹	45.8 ± 31.48	64.05	4.7	86.3	64
SPM		9.02 ± 8.14	8.75	0	38	64
NH₄⁺		0.96 ± 0.56	0.9	0	2.7	64
NO_2-		0.13 ± 0.25	0.01	0	1.5	64
NO_3-		0.81 ± 0.77	0.6	0	4	64
PO₄³⁻		0.56 ± 0.81	0.2	0	3.59	64