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Table 2 Average total and dissolved nutrient concentration (mg L−1) in St. George Lake during monitoring period, and best fitting nutrient ratios explaining limitation

From: Occurrence of a single-species cyanobacterial bloom in a lake in Cyprus: monitoring and treatment with hydrogen peroxide-releasing granules

D/M/2019

TN

TP

N-NO3

N-NO2

N-NH4

DIN

DIN:TP

NO3−:TP

Limiting element

Lavine (2001) [30], Symons (2012) [29]

25/02

6.0

0.06

4.6

0.10

0.10

4.8

80

77

P

04/03

4.7

0.11

3.4

0.09

0.10

3.6

33

31

P

18/04

6.9

0.06

5.8

0.11

0.10

6.0

100

97

P

12/07

6.6

0.20

2.4

0.08

0.20

2.7

13

12

Co-limitation

06/08

7.9

0.36

0.0

0.08

0.29

0.4

1

0

N

22/08

2.6

0.28

1.9

0.06

0.13

2.1

7

7

N

09/09

5.3

0.19

0.0

0.14

0.94

1.1

6

0

N

15/10

4.1

0.14

1.8

0.08

0.10

2.0

14

13

Co-limitation

09/12

6.4

0.28

4.9

0.09

0.10

5.1

18

18

Co-limitation