Table 1. Physical properties of the sediments from the field and mesocosm experiments.
Mediterranean field | Mediterranean mesocosm | Southeast Asia field | ||||||
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benthic | eulittoral | benthic | eulittoral | benthic | ||||
year 1 | year 2 | year 1 | year 2 | year 1 | year 2 | |||
Grain size mean ± SD (μm) | 213 ± 26 | 214 ± 5 | 278 ± 5 | 181 ± 23 | 146 ± 47 | 278 ± 14 | 206 ± 9 | 197 ± 47 |
Permeability mean ± SD (10−11 m-2) | 1.12 ± 0.9 | 7.46 ± 1.5 | 20.06 ± 2.0 | 2.60 ± 0.6 | 2.40 ± 1.2 | 17.9 ± 0.6 | 9.54 ± 2.2 | 2.26 ± 0.8 |
Porosity mean ± SD | 0.67 ± 0.6 | 0.41 ± 0.2 | 0.43 ± 0.5 | 0.62 ± 0.4 | 0.51 ± 0.6 | 0.45 ± 0.2 | 0.42 ± 0.8 | 0.54 ± 0.1 |
*SD = standard deviation