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. 2022 Jun 8;7(24):21306–21316. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02516

Table 2. Physicochemical Properties (%) and Heavy Metal Concentrations (mg/kg) of Mangrove Surface Sediments in the Study Areaa.

site gravel sand silt clay TOC TN pH Co V Cu Pb Ni As Cd Hg
J1 0.00 51.38 42.69 5.93 0.86 0.08 6.62 2.20 26.24 10.38 16.64 5.47 5.51 0.14 0.04
J2 0.00 42.72 47.47 9.81 0.75 0.08 6.49 3.04 32.82 13.88 19.52 7.06 4.98 0.18 0.06
J3 0.01 53.27 37.93 8.79 0.38 0.04 6.81 2.34 15.48 11.88 13.47 4.70 2.69 0.09 0.04
J4 0.00 62.17 30.34 7.50 0.37 0.04 6.67 2.08 21.70 5.61 14.60 4.30 4.66 0.07 0.04
J5 0.04 44.00 43.97 11.99 0.55 0.05 6.43 2.77 30.60 7.27 19.12 6.50 5.89 0.09 0.05
J6 0.01 34.48 52.46 13.05 2.45 0.19 6.62 4.62 64.73 19.13 33.99 14.77 10.36 0.24 0.09
J7 0.01 22.80 62.68 14.51 1.55 0.20 6.21 4.66 56.94 19.37 31.53 13.83 8.13 0.27 0.10
J8 0.00 20.44 62.11 17.47 4.51 0.35 6.37 6.65 87.71 27.05 42.67 21.88 11.23 0.38 0.13
J9 0.00 59.08 33.05 7.87 1.37 0.12 6.45 1.87 25.51 6.60 16.34 5.88 3.82 0.09 0.04
J10 0.01 57.01 33.99 8.99 1.33 0.15 7.30 3.38 25.65 24.61 22.31 9.40 3.75 0.37 0.24
JA 0.00 24.92 62.75 12.33 4.94 0.64 7.41 5.12 51.88 58.95 36.24 18.17 5.51 1.01 0.58
J11 0.00 70.40 23.48 6.13 0.45 0.05 6.34 1.33 13.70 6.48 10.55 3.13 2.58 0.07 0.04
J12 0.02 79.75 15.29 4.94 0.24 0.04 6.62 1.76 12.26 4.05 9.95 2.96 2.85 0.06 0.03
J13 0.03 54.96 35.59 9.42 1.11 0.12 6.96 2.18 22.48 13.57 15.55 5.84 3.88 0.11 0.05
J14 0.00 59.17 32.39 8.44 1.04 0.11 6.47 2.02 21.50 11.20 17.13 5.35 4.01 0.12 0.05
J15 0.02 51.31 38.21 10.46 2.26 0.22 6.21 3.15 37.73 20.43 25.26 9.71 6.52 0.18 0.08
J16 0.00 59.01 32.23 8.77 1.10 0.13 6.39 2.57 28.12 14.28 21.35 10.02 4.86 0.14 0.06
J17 0.01 68.72 24.41 6.86 0.83 0.09 6.26 2.56 23.42 10.38 18.82 6.31 4.61 0.11 0.04
J18 0.00 62.52 29.55 7.94 0.88 0.08 7.08 2.85 24.20 9.97 18.13 5.89 6.18 0.09 0.04
J19 0.24 77.64 19.66 2.46 0.14 0.03 6.80 2.67 14.09 14.06 12.41 3.72 2.73 0.07 0.03
J20 0.00 74.85 19.96 5.19 0.21 0.02 6.82 2.31 15.11 5.62 11.68 3.26 3.49 0.07 0.03
J21 1.09 70.92 22.51 5.48 0.29 0.04 6.50 1.95 16.33 40.56 15.49 4.05 3.02 0.10 0.03
J22 0.05 59.01 32.61 8.33 0.49 0.06 7.32 2.32 21.55 23.36 16.77 6.31 4.7 0.14 0.12
J23 4.35 75.47 15.84 4.34 0.28 0.03 6.67 1.33 11.92 43.49 10.62 3.24 2.31 0.27 0.06
J24 0.00 35.57 53.32 11.11 2.74 0.27 6.94 4.91 47.30 33.90 31.58 14.82 6.62 0.42 0.11
mean 0.24 54.86 36.18 8.72 1.24 0.13 6.67 2.91 29.96 18.24 20.07 7.86 5.00 0.20 0.09
CV 3.68 0.31 0.39 0.38 0.99 1.02 5.00 0.44 0.61 0.73 0.43 0.63 0.45 1.00 1.27
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Note: gravel >2 mm, sand is 0.063–2 mm, silt is 0.004–0.063 mm, and clay <0.004 mm;28,29 CV stands for the coefficient of variation.