Table 1 Descriptive statistics for Microbiological parameters in the substrate within the areas of application of effective microorganisms in the Turawa reservoir in Poland.

From: Application of effective microorganisms for Littoral zone restoration in eutrophic reservoirs

Group

Point

Min

Mean

Max

SD

Median

CV

Heterotrophic bacteria number (HBN, CFU/g)

Control

1

2450

696,090

3,955,000

1331055.8

63,500

191.22%

2

2450

738,530

3,935,000

1426779.4

56,500

193.19%

EM

3

1100

793,703

4,995,000

1623690.8

51,750

204.57%

4

3900

530,800

3,200,000

1069859.5

50,100

201.56%

5

24,400

760,177

4,100,000

1419823.8

79,000

186.78%

6

38,100

734,177

3,580,000

1,222,611

70,500

166.53%

7

41,100

880,153

4,370,000

1513709.5

129,500

171.98%

8

12,900

749,400

3,897,000

1313023.7

141,000

175.21%

Microscopic fungi (MF, CFU/g)

Control

1

42

977.13

3100

1143.2591

170

117.00%

2

30

731.87

2700

906.40072

195

123.85%

EM

3

35

804.13

2540

880.96715

325

109.56%

4

48

497.33

2700

747.69891

200

150.34%

5

80

1050.13

3320

1200.4651

210

114.32%

6

18

842.13

2320

1008.5111

110

119.76%

7

40

991.13

3840

1251.7955

155

126.30%

8

25

461.13

1750

535.74152

165

116.18%

Coliform index (CI, g)

Control

1

0.001

0.0082

0.01

0.00373

0.01

45.44%

2

0.0001

0.00442

0.01

0.00473

0.001

106.97%

EM

3

0.001

0.0082

0.01

0.00373

0.01

45.44%

4

0.001

0.0028

0.01

0.00373

0.001

133.08%

5

0.001

0.0028

0.01

0.00373

0.001

133.08%

6

0.0001

0.00064

0.001

0.00046

0.001

71.31%

7

0.0001

0.00244

0.01

0.00393

0.001

161.26%

8

0.001

0.0028

0.01

0.00373

0.001

133.08%

Dehydrogenase activity (DHA, mg TPF/kg*h)

Control

1

33

41.1333

50

5.22175

41

12.70%

2

39

46.0667

59

6.48588

45

14.08%

EM

3

28

37.2667

50

6.29588

38

16.89%

4

33

47.7333

61

9.30028

49

19.48%

5

38

45.8

55

5.55749

45

12.13%

6

31

41.7333

51

5.45719

42

13.08%

7

28

36.8

48

5.58314

36

15.17%

8

22

40.5333

58

10.92093

38

26.94%