LIST OF TABLES Table page 3-1 Mean chemical properties of the soil and benthic layers.............. ..........35 3-2 Mean enzyme activities of the soil and benthic layers............ ............37 3-3 Correlation coefficients for benthic enzyme and nutrient data.....................37 3-4 Correlation coefficients for soil enzyme and nutrient data................... ....39 3-5 Overall benthic and soil normalized total enzyme activities......................39 3-6 Enzyme ratios................... ........................................... ....... 42 3-7 Correlation coefficients for soil and benthic layer enzyme ratio components and nutrient data................... .............. ..................... .......... 42 4-1 Benthic nutrient, enzyme, and ratio parameters in P enriched and reference sites in LNWR and WCA-2A. ........... ..............................66 4-2 Benthic nutrient, enzyme, and ratio parameters in P enriched and reference sites in W CA -3A and EN P-TS............ ................. .......... ......... ....67 4-3 Benthic layer nutrient and enzyme correlation coefficients.......................69 4-4 Soil layer nutrient, enzyme, and ratio parameters in P enriched and reference sites in LNWR and WCA-2A. ........... ..............................73 4-5 Soil layer nutrient, enzyme, and ratio parameters in P enriched and reference sites in W CA -3A and EN P-TS............ ........................... ......... ....74 4-6 Soil layer nutrient and enzyme correlation coefficients............ ..........76 4-7 Average benthic and soil CRR values............. ......................78 4-8 Impact index........................................... ........ .........80 5-1 M ean enzym e activities............ .................. ............ ........... 103