Table 1.
Environmental, chemical and microbiological variables at the four benthic stations of the Bagnoli-Coroglio area.
| S1 (Dazio) | S2 (Agnano) | S3 (Bianchettaro) | S4 (Coroglio) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latitude | 40.816281 | 40.815249 | 40.809144 | 40.796925 | |
| Longitude | 14.159003 | 14.162204 | 14.166972 | 14.176825 | |
| Phytopigments (μg g−1) | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 4.5 ± 1.7 | 4.4 ± 0.6 | |
| Biopolymeric C (mg g−1) | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 6.3 ± 3.2 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | |
| Prokaryotic abundance (107 cells g−1) | 3.7 ± 0.3 | 3.4 ± 1 | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | |
| pH | 7.41 | 6.79 | 8.02 | 8.03 | |
| Eh | 178 | 264 | 197 | 167 | |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs; μg g−1) | 8.3 | 5.5 | 305.8 | 3.8 | |
| Aliphatic hydrocarbons (C > 12; μg g−1) | 126.5 | 31.0 | 39.5 | 81.8 | |
| As (μg g−1) | 92.1 | 120.7 | 22.4 | 17.2 | |
| Cd (μg g−1) | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.63 | |
| Cr (μg g−1) | 31.1 | 27.1 | 15.3 | 28 | |
| Cu (μg g−1) | 10.9 | 7.4 | 14.3 | 13.5 | |
| Hg (μg g−1) | 0.052 | 0.028 | 0.12 | 0.034 | |
| Ni (μg g−1) | 10.4 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 8.6 | |
| Pb (μg g−1) | 85.9 | 76.8 | 105.7 | 67.3 | |
| Zn (μg g−1) | 215.1 | 160.9 | 323.2 | 105.6 | |
| Fe (μg g−1) | 55,407 | 44,692 | 58,356 | 26,933 | |
| m-ERM-q for PAHs | 0.44 | 0.28 | 15.37 | 0.18 | |
| m-ERM-q for Heavy Metals | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.15 | |
| Sediment texture (grain size %) | >2 mm | 0.1 ± 0.08 | 0.04 ± 0.02 | 36.33 ± 6 | 3.01 ± 1.06 |
| 1–2 mm | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.51 ± 0.12 | 21.26 ± 3.06 | 12.9 ± 4.93 | |
| 0.5–1 mm | 10.6 ± 1.0 | 8.5 ± 2.5 | 24.7 ± 2.2 | 49.8 ± 13.6 | |
| 0.25–0.5 mm | 37.4 ± 2.0 | 52.8 ± 4.2 | 13.1 ± 1.3 | 27.8 ± 14.4 | |
| 0.125–0.25 mm | 47.3 ± 2.9 | 36.7 ± 6.4 | 4.0 ± 0.4 | 6.2 ± 5.0 | |
| 0.063–0.125 mm | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | |
| <0.063 mm | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.3 ± 0.04 | 0.1 ± 0.04 | |