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Table 1 Geochemical properties of sampled sediments

From: Microbial functional genes enriched in the Xiangjiang River sediments with heavy metal contamination

Site

Amount (mg/kg) in sample

pH

Cu

Pb

Zn

As

Cd

Ni

Hg

Cr

S

A

570

737

6530

347

169

81

24.3

88.5

5820

7.73

B

503

437

3710

2480

64

53

10.7

73.6

1420

7.78

C

392

383

2840

177

23

78

1.6

61.1

990

7.64

Reference criteriona

400

360

3200

14

2.1

26

0.66

72

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  1. aReference with Sediment Management Standards, Chapter 173–204 WAC (2013)
  2. All data are presented as mean value of three subsamples