Table 6.

Relationships between toxicity and chemical properties of sediments

	Sand	Silt	Clay	pH	C-org	IG Ls	IR Ls	IG Sa	IR Sa	IG Ss	IR Ss	M Hi	IG Hi		IL Vf
Cr	0.81*	− 0.96*	0.96*	− 0.64	0.78	0.85*	0.89*	− 0.2	0.46	− 0.23	0.39	− 0.51		− 0.96*	− 0.96*
Ni	0.79	− 0.99*	0.99*	− 0.44	0.81*	0.91*	0.95*	− 0.13	0.54	− 0.17	0.47	− 0.59		− 1.00*	− 0.99*
Zn	0.55	− 0.89*	0.93*	− 0.28	0.77	0.99*	0.99*	0.21	0.79	0.18	0.74	− 0.83*		− 0.93*	− 0.88*
Pb	0.45	− 0.82*	0.87*	− 0.36	0.74	0.97*	0.96*	0.31	0.64	0.28	0.79	− 0.87*		− 0.87*	− 0.80*
Cu	0.76	− 0.96*	0.97*	− 0.51	0.81*	0.91*	0.94*	− 0.09	0.56	− 0.13	0.5	− 0.61		− 0.97*	− 0.96*
Cd	− 0.42	− 0.07	0.17	0.36	0.16	0.55	0.46	0.93*	0.90*	0.92*	0.93*	− 0.88*		− 0.17	− 0.04
NAP	0.82*	− 0.98*	0.98*	− 0.48	0.84*	0.90*	0.94*	− 0.16	0.52	− 0.2	0.45	− 0.57		− 0.98*	− 0.99
PHE	0.84*	− 0.96*	0.97*	− 0.49	0.83*	0.89*	0.93*	− 0.19	0.49	− 0.23	0.42	− 0.54		− 0.97*	− 0.97*
ANT	0.84*	− 0.97*	0.98*	− 0.49	0.83*	0.89*	0.93*	− 0.19	0.49	− 0.23	0.42	− 0.55		− 0.99*	− 0.98*
FLT	0.58	− 0.91*	0.95*	− 0.35	0.82*	1.00*	1,00*	0.19	0.78	0.15	0.73	− 0.82*		− 0.95*	− 0.89*
PYR	0.54	− 0.89*	0.93*	− 0.33	0.81*	1.00*	1,00*	0.23	0.81	0.19	0.76	− 0.84*		− 0.93*	− 0.87*
BAA	0.79	− 0.99*	0.98*	− 0.47	0.84*	0.93*	0.96*	− 0.1	0.57	− 0.14	0.5	− 0.62		− 0.98*	− 0.99*
CHR	0.54	− 0.89*	0.93*	− 0.33	0.81*	1.00*	1,00*	0.23	0.61	0.2	0.76	− 0.84*		− 0.93*	− 0.87*
BAP	0.85*	− 0.97*	0.98*	− 0.50	0.83*	0.88*	0.93*	− 0.2	0.48	− 0.24	0.41	− 0.53		− 0.98*	− 0.97*
PECQ	–	–	–	–	–	0.98*	0.98*	0.19	0.78	0.15	0.73	− 0.82*		− 0.95*	− 0.90*

IG Ls inhibition of germination of L. sativum, IR Ls inhibition of root growth of L. sativum, IG Sa inhibition of germination of S. alba, IR Sa inhibition of root growth of S. alba, IG Ss inhibition of germination of S. saccharatum, IR Ss inhibition of root growth of S. saccharatum, M Hi mortality of H. incongruens, IG Hi inhibition of growth of H. incongruens, IL Vf inhibition of luminescence of V. fischeri

*Statistical significant at p < 0.05