Table 1.

Environmental parameters at sampling locations.

	Tuvem	Divar
Temp (°C)	27.7 (± 0.1)	28.0 (± 0.1)
Salinity (psu)	0	1
pH	6.65 (± 0.01)	6.29 (± 0.03)
Eh (mV)	−202.2 (± 41.86)	55.5 (± 2.26)
NH4+-N (μmol L−1)	2.58 (± 0.69)	11.78 (± 0.44)
NO2−-N (μmol L−1)	3.37 (± 0.20)	5.85 (± 0.28)
NO3−-N (μmol L−1)	3.01 (± 0.11)	5.52 (± 0.10)
TOC (%)	1.05 (± 0.44)	1.98 (± 0.96)
Total bacterial cells (x1010 cells g−1)	1.45 (± 0.20)	2.67 (± 1.76)
Denitrification activity (nmol N2O g−1 h−1)	1.95 (± 0.85)	3.17 (± 0.99)