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Data for Site RMADREPMALDO

Río Madre de Dios at Puerto Maldonado

Watershed Condition: Mixed

Latitude: -12.59377 Longitude: -69.16848

For graphs comparing the parameters across sites, please refer to the project report.

Chemistry Value Units
Temperature 28.6 °C
pH 7.448  
Conductivity 111.1 μS/cm
Dissolved Oxygen 7.25 mg/L
% Dissolved Oxygen 94.1  
Alkalinity (CO3) 818.38 mg/L
DOC 1.02 mg/L
BDOC 0.16 mg/L
Calcium 13.37 mg/L
Magnesium 2.38 mg/L
Sodium 4.19 mg/L
Potassium 1.3 mg/L
Chloride 0.593 mg/L
Sulfate 10.584 mg/L
Ammonium-N 0.007 mg/L
Nitrite-N 0 mg/L
Nitrate-N 0.03 mg/L
Phosphate 0.012 mg/L
Seston Value Units
Fine Suspended Sediment (FSS) 82.79 mg/L
FSS Particulate Org C 0.99 mg/L
FSS Particulate Org N 0.139 mg/L
FSS molar C/N 8.36  
FSS del 13C -35.99 permil
FSS del 15N 0.91 permil
FSS Org C % 1.2  
FSS Org N % 0.17  
Coarse Suspended Sediment (CSS) 0.53 mg/L
CSS Particulate Org C 0.0262 mg/L
CSS Particulate Org N 0.0011 mg/L
CSS molar C/N 26.84  
CSS del 13C -29.2 permil
CSS del 15N 4.15 permil
CSS Org C % 4.94  
CSS Org N % 0.22  
Isotopes Value Units
del 15N 7.33 permil
del 18O -9.89 permil
Mean DOC from 13C Samples 0.8 mg/L
Mean DOC del 13C -29.2 permil
Macroinvertebrates Value  
% EPT .  
Shannon Index .  
EPT Richness .  
Macro Richness .  
Tracer-Fragrances/Caffeine Value Units
HHCB 0.00548 μg/L
Caffeine 0.00781 μg/L
Tracer-Human Steroids Value Units
bCOP 0.00334 μg/L
EPI 0.00492 μg/L
CHO 0.19 μg/L
aCOP 0.02114 μg/L
eCOP 0.003 μg/L
bONE 0.01608 μg/L
Tracer-Non-human Steroids Value Units
eEPI 0.00186 μg/L
aONE 0.00535 μg/L
eCHO 0.4185 μg/L
Tracer-All Steroids Value Units
Sum of Fecal Sterols - Group 2 0.70883 μg/L
Tracer-Low Molecular Weight PAH Value Units
FLU 0.00231 μg/L
PHE 0.00311 μg/L
ANT 0.00033 μg/L
2MP 0.00157 μg/L
1MP 0.00111 μg/L
Tracer-High Molecular Weight PAH Value Units
FLR 0.00018 μg/L
PYR 0.0011 μg/L
BAA 0.00012 μg/L
CHR 0.0008 μg/L
BBF 0.00031 μg/L
BKF 0.00076 μg/L
BAP 0.00012 μg/L
Tracer-PAH Value Units
Sum of PAH 0.01182 μg/L
Tracer-PCB Value Units
PCB118 0.00023 μg/L
PCB153 0.00024 μg/L
PCB138 0.0003 μg/L
Tracer-Pesticides Value Units
Atrazine 0.01396 μg/L
Metalaxyl 0.00137 μg/L
Chlorpyrifos 0.00201 μg/L
4,4-DDT 0.0063 μg/L