Table 3 Seasonal variability of Nitella mucronata biomass in sub-zones of the main water zone of the Kuźnica clarification pond in 2019.

From: A new charophyte habitat with a stabilized good ecological potential of mine water

Season

Mean ± SD (g DWa m−2)

Inflowb

Centralc

Outflowd

Total areae

Spring

26.58 ± 1.05A

27.83 ± 1.56A

32.60 ± 1.23A

29.01 ± 2.94A

Summer

43.71 ± 24.02A

77.24 ± 6.62A

93.71 ± 6.74B

71.56 ± 25.58B

Autumn

152.35 ± 56.62A

265.10 ± 28.21B

323.39 ± 33.54C

246.95 ± 82.87C

  1. Values with the different superscripts are significantly different among seasons confirmed by non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test (p < 0.05).
  2. aDry weight; bH = 2.05, N = 15, df 2, p > 0.05; cH = 7.13, N = 15, df 2, p < 0.05; cH = 22.13, N = 15, df 2, p < 0.01; eH = 79.78, N = 15, df 2, p < 0.001.