Research Article
Ecological Insights, and Fin Fish Diversity in Carps Spawning Grounds: Case Studies from the Surma River and Tanguar Haor, Bangladesh
Table 2
Mean values of water quality parameters at various sampling stations analyzed by using the Kruskal–Wallis test throughout the study duration.
| Parameters | Reference value [38–41] | Station | Surma River (means ± standard deviation) | Tanguar Haor (means ± standard deviation) | value |
| Temperature (°C) | 20–30 | 29.73 ± 0.20a | 29.73 ± 0.20a | 0.722 | DO (ppm) | 4–6 | 5.80 ± 0.12a | 5.90 ± 0.11a | 0.183 | TDS (ppm) | <400 | 40.05 ± 0.77a | 38.81 ± 0.60a | 0.331 | Turbidity (NTU) | — | 21.55 ± 0.67a | 20.71 ± 0.29a | 0.470 | Conductivity (μS/cm) | 800–1000 | 85 ± 0.50a | 85 ± 0.90a | 0.191 | pH | 6.5–8.5 | 6.80 ± 0.29a | 6.97 ± 0.31b | 0.006 | Ammonia (ppm) | — | 0.18 ± 0.04a | 0.18 ± 0.02a | 0.530 |
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Different superscripts indicated significant differences in Kruskal–Wallis test . Optimum range of water quality parameters from previous studies. |