TABLE 1.
Characteristics of sand beach, sand flat, and mud flat sediments
| Site | Wet density (g cm−3) (mean ± SE) | Dry density (g cm−3) (mean ± SE) | Water content (%) (mean ± SE) | Porosity (%) (mean ± SE) | Grain size distribution
|
EPSa (μg g [dry wt]−1) (mean ± SE) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (μm) | Mud (%) | Silt (%) | Sand (%) | ||||||
| Sand beach | 1.75 ± 0.04 | 1.39 ± 0.03 | 20.7 ± 0.2 | 47.7 ± 1.1 | 170 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 99.6 | 17.6 ± 2.1 |
| Sand flat | 1.85 ± 0.01 | 1.38 ± 0.02 | 25.3 ± 0.4 | 48.1 ± 0.7 | 170 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 97.5 | 49.1 ± 0.8 |
| Mud flat | 1.55 ± 0.01 | 0.85 ± 0.01 | 45.3 ± 0.4 | 68.2 ± 0.3 | 92 | 4.6 | 41.2 | 54.2 | 354.3 ± 87.2 |
a
Measured with glucose as a standard.