. 2023 Mar 17;9(3):e14659. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14659

Table 3.

Ten Trace elements (As, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, V, Zn) analyzed in sediment samples expressed in mg/Kg obtained from six water sampling points by ICP-OES.

Sampling points	As	Co	Cr	Cu	Fe	Mn	Ni	Pb	V	Zn
SED 01	30.67^b ± 0.2	115.66^b ± 0.48	15.67^b ± 0.01	198.99^b ± 0.45	17798.81^b ± 7	1053.26^b ± 0.5	73.99^b ± 0.13	79.66^a ± 0.04	17.99^a ± 0.01	215.99^a ± 0.04
SED 02	19.98^b ± 0.1	15.97^c ± 0.02	10.99^b ± 0.01	60.29^c ± 0.03	19084.73^a ± 8	859.31^c ± 0.4	19.32^c ± 0.01	39.97^b ± 0.04	18.65^a ± 0.02	90.26^c ± 0.02
SED 05	5.42^c ± 0.2	12.31^c ± 0.01	7.32^b ± 0.01	27.95^d ± 0.02	10813.15^d ± 5	342.69^e ± 0.1	13.64^c ± 0.01	24.62^c ± 0.05	10.31^b ± 0.02	76.19^e ± 0.02
SED 06	4.70^c ± 0.01	11.99^c ± 0.01	6.66^b ± 0	16.32^e ± 0.01	9858.78^e ± 5	349.72^e ± 0.2	11.99^c ± 0.01	19.32^c ± 0.03	8.99^c ± 0.01	70.28^f ± 0.02
SED 07	5.00^c ± 0.1	13.32^c ± 0.01	7.99^b ± 0	14.32^e ± 0.02	12490.84^c ± 7	409.70^d ± 0.2	14.32^c ± 0.01	21.98^c ± 0.06	11.66^b ± 0.02	80.61^d ± 0.03
SED 08	1168.44^a ± 0.5	4427.43^a ± 2	7822.90^a ± 3	23754.99^a ± 7.4	1218.38^f ± 0.4	2616.51^a ± 1.3	2430.09^a ± 1.3	66.58^c ± 0.07	16.31^a ± 0.01	159.45^b ± 0.09
Mean values
CEQG ⁽¹⁾	205.63	766.11	1311.92	4012.14	11877.45	938.53	427.23	42.02	13.99	115.46
ISQG^A	7.24	–	52.3	18.7	–	–	–	30.2	–	124
PEL^B	41.6	–	160	108	–	–	–	112	–	271

Note: Sediment samples SED (01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08) belong to water points WAT (01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08). ±: standard deviation.

CEQG1: Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines for sediments from inland bodies of water (mg/Kg).

A: ISQG: Interim Sediment Quality Guideline, B: PEL: Probable Effect Level.