The ratio of BOD
5
:BOD
30–31
averaged 0.43 during the dry
season and 0.30 during the rainy season. Mean BOD
water was 15.7 and 13.4 mg L
−1
30–31
during the dry and rainy seasons,
respectively. Computed UBOD during the dry and rainy seasons
averaged 15.9 and 17.1, and 19.2 and 42.1 mg L
−1
in estuarine and
pond samples, respectively. The decomposition rate constant, k, for
ponds averaged 0.123 d
−1
and 0.057 d
−1
during the dry and rainy
seasons, respectively.
in estuarine