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Table 4 Mean and Standard Error (SE) of physicochemical conditions of water samples taken from paddies with different rice stage

From: Survival of immature Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in aquatic habitats in Mwea rice irrigation scheme, central Kenya

Rice stage

Land preparation

Transplanting

Tillering

Temperature

22.8 ± 0.87

24.25 ± 1.07

24.22 ± 0.70

Conductivity (ms/cm)

301.5 ± 45.11

317.20 ± 60.30

178.72 ± 15.45

Salinity (ppta)

319.54 ± 23.01

240.44 ± 45.07

159.52 ± 18.32

DOb (%)

0.2 ± 0.01

64.92 ± 14.04

91.89 ± 13.71

pH

7.86 ± 0.15

7.85 ± 0.10

7.61 ± 0.06

Nitrate (mg/l)

13.6 ± 3.44

25.9 ± 4.99

12.64 ± 5.09

Sulphate (mg/l)

80 ± 5.25

54.4 ± 11.00

68.22 ± 28.59

Nitrogen Ammonia (mg/l)

0.01 ± 0.001

4.1 ± 0.080

0.14 ± 0.02

  1. Legend: ppta Parts Per Thousand, DOb Dissolved Oxygen