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Evaluation of Quality of Bottom Sediments of Water Reservoir Poraj by Applying Sediment Quality Guidelines and Spiatal Analysis Cover

Evaluation of Quality of Bottom Sediments of Water Reservoir Poraj by Applying Sediment Quality Guidelines and Spiatal Analysis

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|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Water reservoir Poraj with the location of the measurement points

Table 1.

Corresponding TEC and PEC values for studied trace elements [10]

ParameterZnCdPbNiCuCr
PEC459512849149111
TEC121135.8233243.4
Figure 2.

Total nitrogen content in the regression line for the organic matter content. R2=0.9336

Table 2.

Results of statistical analysis for trace elements in bottom sediments of water reservoir Poraj [2]

ParameterZnCdPbNiCuCr
[mg·kg-1]
Mean461.41.350.611.617.231.9
SD662.52.767.813.320.711.9
Median162.2<16.45.48.529.2
Min19.6<2.40.03.016.7
Max30589.225345.110574.9
Skewness2.11.81.71.32.41.3
Curtosis4.41.71.50.26.12.1

1 < value below detection threshold

Table 3.

Results of statistical analysis for PECQ, PERI, TEC and percentage toxic effect (PE) in bottom sediments of water reservoir Poraj [2]

ParameterPECQPERITECPE
Mean0.3855.351.3910.85
SD0.4987.131.8912.87
Median0.1715.120.568.04
Minimum0.044.360.130.00
Maximum2.08323.628.0055.52
Skewness1.891.831.921.66
Curtosis2.601.852.742.65
Figure 3.

Classified spatial distribution of mean PECQ and PERI of bottom sediments of water reservoir Poraj

Figure 4.

Classified spatial distribution of TEC of bottom sediments of water reservoir Poraj

Table 4.

Coefficient of determination calculated between PECQ, PERI, TEC and trace elements of bottom sediments of water reservoir Poraj

ParameterPECQPERITEC
Zn0.990.960.99
Cd0.970.990.97
Pb0.990.980.99
Ni0.770.770.75
Cu0.970.950.97
Cr0.520.470.51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-032 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 (formerly 1899-0142) | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 141 - 147
Submitted on: Jan 3, 2018
Accepted on: Apr 19, 2018
Published on: Apr 4, 2019
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Katarzyna ROZPONDEK, Rafał ROZPONDEK, published by Silesian University of Technology
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