Table 1 The physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the EMS water collected at the study site during the summer months. Values are the averages and their standard deviations from three experiments.

°C

27.9

28.6

26.6

–

39.4

39.4

39.4

μM

195

205

219 ± 2

μM

0.37

0.26

0.20

μM

0.01

0.01

0.02

μg GX L⁻¹

95 ± 20

156 ± 28

100 ± 22

μg L⁻¹

0.30 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.03

0.22 ± 0.03

μg C L⁻¹ d⁻¹

1.95 ± 0.21

1.83 ± 0.15

1.41 ± 0.15

Cells L⁻¹ × 10⁸

3.60 ± 0.52

4.95

3.56 ± 0.05

μg C L⁻¹ d⁻¹

0.42 ± 0.07

0.67 ± 0.15

0.77 ± 0.05

nmol N L⁻¹ d⁻¹

0.15 ± 0.04

0.11 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.02