Table 3.
Physicochemical properties and micronutrient concentrations of soil from the Rio Odiel estuary.
| Physicochemical Properties | ||||||||
| Location | Texture (%) * | Organic Material (%) | Conductivity (μS·cm−1) | pH | ||||
| High marsh | 70/15/15 | 0.9 ± 0.05 | 12.8 ± 0.6 | 6.9 ± 0.1 | ||||
| Low marsh | 28.51/44.99/26.49 | 3.66 ± 0.1 | 15.5 ± 0.2 | 6.8 ± 0.05 | ||||
| Metal/Loids Concentration (mg·kg−1) | ||||||||
| Location | As | Cd | Cu | Zn | Mg | Na | Fe | p |
| High marsh | 26.7 ± 3.6 | 0.36 ± 0.1 | 311.1 ± 14.3 | 375.0 ± 9.2 | 0.777 ± 0.02 | 0.359 ± 0.006 | 9125.78 ± 12.4 | 0.054 ± 0.012 |
| Low marsh | 565.9 ± 10.9 | 2.3 ± 0.0 | 1200.3 ± 36.7 | 2425.7 ± 4.0 | 1.047± 0.064 | 1.707 ± 0.04 | 84,988.68 ± 6.1 | 0.412 ± 0.007 |
Values are mean ± S.D. (n = 3). * Texture (sand/slit/clay percentage).