Appendix 2.3 Graphs Showing Data Distributions for Trace and 

Major Elements, Nutrients, and Specific Conductance in Water 

Sampled in Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2010

Aluminum............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 148

Ammonia as N...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 148

Ammonia as NH4.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 149

Ammonia plus organic nitrogen as N............................................................................................................................................................... 149

Antimony................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 150

Arsenic................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 150

Barium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 151

Beryllium................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 151

Boron ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 152

Cadmium................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 152

Calcium.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 153

Chromium .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 153

Cobalt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154

Copper ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154

Dissolved nitrogen............................................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Iron ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 155

Lead ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Lithium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 156

Magnesium ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 157

Manganese........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 157

Mercury................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 158

Molybdenum......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 158

Nickel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 159

Organic nitrogen .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 159

Phosphorus as P .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 160

Potassium.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 160

Selenium................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 161

Silver ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161

Sodium................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 162

Specific conductance......................................................................................................................................................................................... 162

Strontium............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 163

Thallium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 163

Vanadium............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 164

Zinc ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 164
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