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. 2014 Jun 28;3:326. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-326

Table 3.

Statistics and proportion of heavy metal contamination factors ( C ) in wetland sediments/soils

Proportion (C < 1) Proportion (C > 1) Mean Max
East West East West East West East West
Cd 66.67% 100.00% 33.33% 0.00% 0.93 0.61 1.83 0.89
Cr 14.29% 0.00% 85.71% 100.00% 1.32 1.82 1.78 3.25
Cu 100.00% 88.10% 0.00% 11.90% 0.64 0.79 0.91 1.27
Ni 52.38% 4.76% 47.62% 95.24% 1.01 1.40 1.48 2.27
Zn 76.19% 11.90% 23.81% 88.10% 0.79 1.64 2.16 4.62
Pb 76.19% 69.05% 23.81% 30.95% 0.96 0.71 2.12 1.31

Note: Proportion means the number percentage of sample sites whose C met the demand in brackets accounting for the number of all sample sites.