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Appendix A Figures A.1 Boxplots <strong>of</strong> Constituents The follow<strong>in</strong>g figures are <strong>the</strong> boxplots <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> selected constituents at all three monitor<strong>in</strong>g stations: Emerson, South Floodway and Selkirk. These boxplots show <strong>the</strong> five-number summaries <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> data. The tails extend to <strong>the</strong> maximum and m<strong>in</strong>imum value <strong>of</strong> our data, while <strong>the</strong> box encompasses <strong>the</strong> middle 50% <strong>of</strong> our data. 47