Table 2.
Water quality parameters associated with Geming lake (LG), Lianhu lake (LL), and Xingqing lake (LX) in Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China.
| Water Quality Parameters | LG | LL | LX | ANOVA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature (°C) | 24.1 ± 1.2A | 25.3 ± 1.1A | 23.6 ± 1.4A | NS |
| pH | 9.6 ± 0.8A | 9.4 ± 0.9A | 8.3 ± 1.2A | NS |
| Dissolved oxygen (mg/L) | 10.2 ± 0.02A | 8.3 ± 0.01B | 9.1 ± 0.04AB | * |
| NO3−-N (mg/L) | 5.3 ± 0.4A | 5.1 ± 0.5A | 1.2 ± 0.07B | *** |
| NH4+-N (mg/L) | 2.8 ± 0.06A | 1.9 ± 0.04B | 1.5 ± 0.05B | * |
| Total nitrogen (mg/L) | 5.6 ± 0.03C | 12.1 ± 0.04A | 8.4 ± 0.04B | ** |
| Total phosphorus (mg/L) | 0.21 ± 0.01A | 0.08 ± 0.00B | 0.06 ± 0.01B | ** |
| CODMn (mg/L) | 21.6 ± 2.3B | 35.4 ± 2.9A | 28.8 ± 1.6AB | ** |
| Fe (mg/L) | 0.08 ± 0.01A | 0.07 ± 0.01B | 0.01 ± 0.00C | ** |
Values shown as means and standard deviations (three replicates). Different capital letter represents statistical significance.* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 represent statistical significance using one-way ANOVA. NS represents no statistical significance.