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Table 1 Geochemical and physical features for Cabin Branch samples

From: Metabolic diversity and co-occurrence of multiple Ferrovum species at an acid mine drainage site

Location: Emergence LLC Rose Pool
Parameter (Units) Value S.D. Value S.D. Value S.D.
pH   2.90   2.92   2.97  
mV   235   232   224  
Temperature (°C) 14.6   13.7   8.1  
Conductivity (μS/cm) 940   1853   2063  
D.O. (μmol/L) 77.5   266   401  
Fe2+ (μmol/L) 403.2   882.0   11.16  
NH4(T) (μmol/L) 35.7   50.0   10.7  
DIC (mmol/L) 1.67   0.48   0.30  
δ13CVPDB (‰) −15.96 0.08 −13.03 0.08 −11.79 0.08
DOC (μmol/L) 40.51 0.90 44.19 3.27 36.82 6.42
δ13CVPDB (‰) −22.50 1.53 −23.09 0.84 −23.95 0.29
Cl (μmol/L) 175.58 1.10 220.04 61.99 166.13 0.44
SO4 (mmol/L) 9.96 0.16 9.51 0.14 10.08 0.06
P (μmol/L) 9.55 0.49 4.49 0.35 bdl  
Na (mmol/L) 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.00
K (mmol/L) 0.17 0.00 0.18 0.04 0.03 0.00
Ca (mmol/L) 1.121 0.028 1.198 0.256 0.390 0.007
Mg (mmol/L) 0.666 0.012 0.686 0.156 0.201 0.001
Al (μmol/L) 1755 125 1201 0.26 187.4 1.2
Si (μmol/L) 1528 35 1454 66 nd  
Mn (μmol/L) 76.84 0.63 43.19 0.13 40.23 0.28
FeTotal (μmol/L) 4684 22 4154 50 249.6 1.8
  1. Geochemical and physical measurements: meters/probes (pH, mV, Temperature,
  2. Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.)), spectrophotometry (Fe(II),
  3. NH4(T)), ion chromatography (Cl, SO4), IR-MS (dissolved inorganic carbon
  4. (DIC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), ICP-OES (P, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Si,
  5. italisized values for Al and FeTotal), and ICP-MS (Al, Mn, Fe). LLC = limestone-
  6. lined channel, S.D. = standard deviation, bdl = below detection limits,
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