Table 1 Pollution and soil characteristics along longitudinal and depth gradients.

From: Taxonomic and functional trait-based approaches suggest that aerobic and anaerobic soil microorganisms allow the natural attenuation of oil from natural seeps

 

Sampling date

Distance from oil seep (m)

Depth (cm)

Extractable organic matter, EOM (mg g−1)

Hydrocarbon index, HI (mg g−1)

Carbon preference index, CPI

TOC (mg g−1)

N (mg g−1)

C/N

pH

GUN0

May 2016

0

0–5

119.2 ± 21.9 a

73.7 ± 26.3 a

1.0

142

3.5

40.3

6.88

GUN2

2

0–5

11.7 ± 0.9 b

3.2 ± 0.2 b

6.2

80

4.8

16.6

7.00

GUN4

4

0–5

3.0 ± 0.2 b

0.9 ± 0.1 b

10.0

61

4.1

14.8

6.05

GUN10

10

0–5

3.2 ± 0.8 b

1.0 ± 0.3 b

10.8

42

2.8

15.1

5.76

GUN15

15

0–5

1.8 ± 0.2 b

0.4 ± 0.1 b

9.7

43

3.0

14.4

5.51

ETV0

May 2016

0

0–5

118.6 ± 44.6 a

35.3 ± 13.3 a

1.0

154

3.5

43.8

6.09

ETV2

2

0–5

48.7 ± 20.2 ab

11.2 ± 5.6 ab

2.3

103

3.8

27.0

6.14

ETV4

4

0–5

20.9 ± 14.4 ab

3.7 ± 2.5 b

3.1

57

2.4

23.7

6.03

ETV10

10

0–5

6.3 ± 4.4 b

0.5 ± 0.2 b

6.4

23

1.4

16.9

5.77

ETV15

15

0–5

14.8 ± 9.4 ab

0.5 ± 0.1 b

6.2

27

1.7

15.7

5.19

ETV0_P0-2

May 2017

0

0–2

108.9 ± 9.0 ab

42.3 ± 1.9 a

na

141 ± 2 a

3.1 ± 0.2 a

46.2 ± 2.8 ab

na

ETV0_P2-5

0

2–5

113.0 ± 18.2 a

24.9 ± 3.1 b

na

142 ± 19 a

3.8 ± 0.5 a

37.6 ± 1.1 ab

na

ETV0_P5-15

0

5–15

73.0 ± 27.3 bc

11.6 ± 5.1 c

na

42 ± 9 b

1.7 ± 0.4 ab

25.4 ± 0.8 b

na

ETV0_P15-30

0

15–30

31.7 ± 19.5 c

5.6 ± 3.7 c

na

13 ± 3 b

0.4 ± 0.2 b

51.5 ± 19.6 a

na

  1. Mean (n = 3) and standard error (when no standard error is indicated it means that only one value was available, i.e. measurement was performed on a mean sample constituted by a pool of the 3 replicates). Letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among sampling zones of the same site and sampling date (one-way anova followed by Tukey HSD PostHoc test). GUN: Gunstett site, ETV: Etang-vert site. TOC: Total organic carbon, N: total nitrogen, C/N: ratio of carbon to nitrogen.