The BACI analysis, along with station by station
contrasts, indicated lower salinity concentrations at
all stations (Table 1), except those in the lower
estuary (stations 5-7). Salinity concentrations
ranged from 0 at the Mississippi River and steadily
increased to means of 12-17%0 at the most distant
stations (Fig. 3).
There was no significant impact of the diversion
at all of the water quality monitoring stations for