Table 3 Mean metal concentrations in sediments in Cockburn/Warnbro Sounds, plus comparable data collected from Warnbro Sound in 1977. Means are calculated from 3 replicates, with standard errors provided in brackets.

From: Belowground stressors and long-term seagrass declines in a historically degraded seagrass ecosystem after improved water quality

Site

Sediment Fe (ppm)

Sediment Zn (ppm)

Sediment Mn (ppm)

Sediment Cr (ppm)

Sediment Cu (ppm)

Sediment Cd (ppm)

GI 2 m

39.37 (1.3)

1.62 (0.6)

1.28 (0.01)

0.92 (0.04)

0.20 (0.01)

0.004 (0.001)

GI 3 m

62.23 (3.0)

1.52 (0.3)

1.46 (0.1)

0.57 (0.01)

0.43 (0.01)

0.008 (0.002)

GI 5 m

51.13 (2.1)

1.25 (0.2)

1.07 (0.03)

0.69 (0.07)

0.24 (0.02)

0.005 (0.001)

GI 7 m

79.43 (9.2)

1.90 (0.3)

1.28 (0.05)

0.60 (0.05)

0.35 (0.03)

0.005 (0.0003)

EB 2 m

34.80 (2.7)

1.66 (0.07)

0.87 (0.02)

0.34 (0.006)

0.24 (0.02)

0.003 (0.001)

EB 7 m

109.73 (3.7)

6.78 (0.9)

2.16 (0.03)

0.27 (0.006)

0.53 (0.01)

0.008 (0.001)

EB 5 m

64.80 (14.1)

7.51 (2.3)

1.14 (0.2)

0.47 (0.009)

0.39 (0.1)

0.002 (0.001)

EB 3 m

57.17 (0.8)

5.51 (0.7)

1.10 (0.01)

0.67 (0.007)

0.41 (0.06)

0.006 (0.002)

WS 2 m

31.70 (3.2)

1.09 (0.8)

1.23 (0.03)

1.01 (0.02)

0.13 (0.003)

0.003 (0.001)

WS 3 m

43.90 (5.5)

0.48 (0.09)

1.36 (0.05)

0.94 (0.02)

0.16 (0.007)

0.004 (0.001)

WS 5 m

83.20 (15.3)

1.29 (0.5)

1.90 (0.1)

0.60 (0.07)

0.41 (0.2)

0.009 (0.002)

WS 7 m

88.83 (3.9)

1.14 (0.3)

1.89 (0.09)

0.57 (0.03)

0.27 (0.02)

0.006 (0.001)

Cockburn Sound 1977 1

3647.62

15.02

10.16

25.01

11.36

0.37

  1. 1Talbot and Chegwidden (1983).