Numerical Response of Migratory Shorebirds to Prey Distribution in a Large Temperate Arid Wetland, China

Table 2

Mean ± SD values of the principal water quality characteristics across the three sampling sites within the lake: Gesuer (GSE), Hekou (HK), and Xiaohaizi (XHZ) ().

Sampling site	Water temperature (°C)	pH	Dissolved oxygen (%)	Chlorophyll a (mg/L)	Salinity (mg/L)	Total nitrogen (mg/L)	Total phosphorus (mg/L)
GSE	19.32 ± 0.96	8.87 ± 0.10	96.92 ± 15.34	12.41 ± 2.30	29,660 ± 13,076	4.36 ± 0.59	0.282 ± 0.032
HK	15.98 ± 1.15	9.34 ± 0.54	76.8 ± 15.0	4.04 ± 1.04	5,887 ± 537	1.47 ± 0.09	0.070 ± 0.011
XHZ	19.15 ± 0.75	9.04 ± 0.02	83.3 ± 16.7	7.80 ± 3.02	42,600 ± 2,500	12.4 ± 1.0	0.356 ± 0.000