Fig 1.
Study site at Cádiz bay (36° 28’ 12.79” N, 6° 15’ 7.07” W), spain.
Fig 2.
Simplified diagram of the incubations and of the experimental design.
See detailed description in the text.
Table 1.
Community biomass (Kg fresh weight m-2) and water temperature (°C) in the different treatments and seasons.
Fig 3.
Effect of sudden and temporary increase in temperature on (a) Gross Primary Production (GPP), (b) Community Respiration (CR) and (c) Net Community Production (NCP) in winter and summer. CT: Control temperature; HT: High temperature. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments and seasons. Data are expressed as mean ± SE (n = 3).
Fig 4.
Relationship between carbon community metabolism and temperature on Gross Primary Production (GPP), Community Respiration (CR) and Net Community Production (NCP).
Table 2.
Results of the 2–way ANOVA analysis of the factors temperature and season in the carbon community metabolism.
Table 3.
Spearman correlations between carbon community metabolism (mmolC m-2 d-1) and temperature (°C) along the experimental period.
Fig 5.
Effect of sudden and temporary increase in temperature on net DOC fluxes in winter and summer.
CT: Control temperature; HT: High temperature. Data are expressed as mean ± SE (n = 3).
Table 4.
Results of the 2–way ANOVA analysis of the factors temperature and season in the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fluxes.