Table 2. Main Characteristics of the Seawater at the Beginning (Day 0) and End (Day 122) of the Experiment^a.

	day 0	day 122 experiment A	day 122 experiment B
pH	8.250	8.483	8.191
conductivity (mS)	50.4	53.6	64.5
dissolved O2 (mg/L)	7.73	7.53	7.43
TC (mg/L)	26.60	26.76	25.72
IC (mg/L)	25.38	25.57	22.93
TOC (mg/L)	1.218	1.186	2.784
turbidity (NTU)	0.130	0.226	0.407

^aTC = total carbon, IC = inorganic carbon, TOC = total organic carbon.