Table 2. Particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate nitrogen (PN) and C:N ratio measured at different time intervals during the enrichment experiment.
| POC (mg L−1) | PN (mg L−1) | C:N ratio | ||||||||||
| Day | A | P | R | C | A | P | R | C | A | P | R | C |
| 0 | 20.3 | 56.3 | 49.5 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | / |
| 3 | 13.5 | 31.1 | 28.2 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 9.1 | 25.9 | 24.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 1.9 |
| 9 | 8.3 | 21.0 | 37.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
A - Treatment with Aurelia.
P - Treatment with Pelagia.
R - Treatment with Rhizostoma.
C - Control.