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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Pollut. 2023 Dec 7;343:123096. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123096

Table 3.

Comparison between environmental quality standards and metal concentrations (mg kg−1 DW) in the present study.

Cr Cu Zn Cd Pb

Sediment
Min 12.30 2.92 12.51 0.08 3.60
Max 1462.40 45.20 174.20 0.81 39.90
Median 71.11 11.08 59.32 0.35 19.76
Mean 133.56 15.84 64.43 0.36 18.99
SE 34.50 1.41 4.03 0.02 1.33
Sediment quality guidelines (SQGs)
TEL 52.3 18.7 124 0.7 30.2
PEL 160 108 271 4.2 112
ERL 81 34 150 1.2 46.7
ERM 370 270 410 9.6 218
Compared with TEL and PEL
<TEL (%) 40 55 95 95 85
Between TEL–PEL (%) 40 45 5 5 15
>PEL (%) 20 0 0 0 0
Compared with ERL and ERM
<ERL (%) 65 95 100 100 100
Between ELM–ERM (%) 30 5 0 0 0
>ERM (%) 5 0 0 0 0

Water
Min 0.08 0.23 1.1 0.03 0.09
Max 2.01 2.59 52.53 0.41 0.83
Mean 0.51 1.21 7.2 0.12 0.29
SE 0.08 0.1 1.12 0.01 0.06
CCC 50 3.1 81 7.9 8.1
CMC 1100 4.8 90 33 210
Compared with CCC and CMC
<CCC (%) 100 100 100 100 100
Between CCC and CMC 0 0 0 0 0
>CMC (%) 0 0 0 0 0

Data sources: TEL and PEL: Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 2002); ERL and ERM: Long et al. (1995); NC and MPC: Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) in The Netherlands (Crommentuijn et al., 2000); CCC and CMC: National Recommended Water Quality Criteria - Aquatic Life Criteria Table (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2022).