Table 1 TOC concentration by oceanic setting.

From: Spatial–temporal distribution of total organic carbon and its transportation in the Jiulong River Estuary

Sea area

TOC concentration (mg/L)

Sea area

TOC concentration (mg/L)

JRE

0.73–8.03 (2.07)

Daya Bay

1.30–6.30 (2.78)8

Yangtze River Estuary

1.90–13.67 (5.69)31

Taiwan Strait

0.54–3.68 (1.20)32

Yellow River Estuary

1.68–6.38 (4.98)33

Guangxi Bay

0.26–6.22 (2.33)34

Pearl River Delta

0.71–6.05 (3.46)35

Liusha Bay

0.99–5.44 (2.41)36

Southern Yellow Sea

0.91–2.53 (1.66)37

Arabian Gulf

0.50–3.60 (1.80)38