Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Characteristic | Unit of measure | Range or single observation | Referencea |
| Scirpus maritimus | |||
| pH and alkalinity system | |||
| pH | 6.4-9.7 | 1,2 | |
| Total alkalinity | mg/L CaCO3 | 26-2,000 | 3,4 |
| HCO3 alkalinity | mg/L CaCO3 | 39-977 | 5,6 |
| CO3 alkalinity | mg/L CaCO3 | 0-216 | 7,5 |
| Total hardness | g/L CaCO3 | 0.1-20.2 | 8,6 |
| Noncarbonate hardness | mg/L CaCO3 | 57-3,700 | 9 |
| Nutrient system | |||
| Organic Ndiss. | mg/L | 0.17-4.34 | 10 |
| NO2-N | ug/L | 0-84 | 10 |
| NO3-N | mg/L | 0-23 | 11,12 |
| NH3-N | mg/L | 0-99.8 | 5 |
| Pdiss. | mg/L | 0.015-3.3 | 10 |
| PO4-P | mg/L | 0-<22 | 11,13 |
| K | mg/L | 0.92-950 | 14,5 |
| Other elements and compounds | |||
| Al | mg/L | 0-2 | 15 |
| As | ug/L | 9-200 | 9 |
| B | mg/L | 0.57-2.9 | 9 |
| Ba | ug/L | 100-200 | 9 |
| Ca | mg/L | 13-3,060 | 14,5 |
| Cl | mg/L | 0.4-18,000 | 10,5 |
| Co | ug/L | 0-2 | 9 |
| Cr | ug/L | 0-30 | 9 |
| Cu | ug/L | 0-180 | 9,15 |
| F | ug/L | <<50-500 | 5,7 |
| Fe | mg/L | 0.09-<<40 | 7,14 |
| Hg | ug/L | 0.1-0.5 | 9 |
| Li | mg/L | 0.46-1.8 | 9 |
| Mg | mg/L | 0.9-9,518 | 10,5 |
| Mn | ug/L | 30-460 | 5 |
| Mo | ug/L | 3-16 | 9 |
| Na | mg/L | 5-50,400 | 10,5 |
| Ni | ug/L | 3-170 | 9,15 |
| O2 | mg/L | 1.85-8.27 | 14,11 |
| Pb | ug/L | 3-10 | 9 |
| S | mg/L | 4.4 | 16 |
| Se | ug/L | 1 | 9 |
| Si | mg/L | 5-15 | 15 |
| SiO2 | mg/L | 0.1-<<48 | 5,13 |
| SO4 | g/L | >>0.038-128.6 | 17,5 |
| Sr | ug/L | 410-970 | 9 |
| Va | ug/L | 4-14 | 9 |
| Zn | ug/L | 0.1-140 | 5,15 |
| Scirpus robustus | |||
| pH and alkalinity system | |||
| pH | 4.0-8.3 | 18,19 | |
| Total alkalinity | mg/L CaCO3 | 140-890 | 20 |
| Nutrient system | |||
| Organic matter | % | 0.08-0.79 | 19 |
| Pdiss. | mg/L | 123-161 | 20 |
| K | mg/L | 1,708-4,373 | 20 |
| Other elements and compounds | |||
| Ca | mg/L | 787-1,769 | 20 |
| Cl | g/L | 1.475-10.7 | 20,19 |
| Mg | mg/L | 2,617-3,327 | 20 |
aWhere ranges list two reference numbers, left number applies to reference listing lowest value. References are: (l) Komarkova and Pribil 1973; (2) Lieffers 1984; (3) Sletten and Larson 1984; (4) White and Hartland-Rowe 1969; (5) consolidated data of Hammer et al. 1975, Hammer 1978, and Hammer and Heseltine 1988; (6) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, unpublished data; (7) Eisenlohr 1972; (8) Podlejski 1981; (9) U.S. Geological Survey 1976 to 1979, unpublished data, West Stump Lake, North Dakota; (10) Dykyjova 1986; (11) Olson 1979; (12) Shubert 1982; (13) Daborn 1975; (14) Kaul et al.1978; (15) Kollman and Wali 1976; (16) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1984, unpublished data, West Stump Lake, North Dakota; (17) Willen 1962; (18) Chabreck 1972; (19) Beal 1977; (20) Palmisano and Newsom 1968.
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