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Table 1 Total and weak acid-extracted metal concentrations of tested soil samples

From: Effects of properties of metal-contaminated soils on bacterial bioluminescence activity, seed germination, and root and shoot growth

Samples

Metals (mg/kg dry soil) (total/acid-extracted)

As

Cd

Cu

Pb

Zn

Cr

Sum

#A

627/15.72a

1/0.14

58/1.90

55/0.18

113/2.57

66/0.42

920/20.9 (2.3 %)b

#B

566/0.32

1/0.09

45/1.71

52/2.63

99/1.44

59/0.98

822/7.2 (0.9 %)

#C

381/13.31

1/0.16

32/2.08

45/1.78

79/4.05

54/1.68

592/23.0 (3.9 %)

#D

433/0.16

1/0.05

83/0.60

48/1.95

117/0.63

57/0.69

739/4.1 (0.6 %)

#E

169/0.05

1/0.05

54/0.17

36/nd

100/0.62

56/0.19

416/1.1 (0.3 %)

#F

1/0.16

1/0.06

20/1.07

37/4.60

92/6.51

65/1.25

216/13.6 (6.3 %)

#G

1/0.21

1/0.06

18/0.33

44/1.31

98/1.01

45/0.20

207/3.1 (1.5 %)

#H

1/0.16

1/0.05

95/0.45

42/3.81

77/0.67

106/1.18

322/6.3 (2.0 %)

#I

1/0.13

1/0.06

12/0.20

32/0.72

41/0.94

40/0.27

127/2.3 (1.8 %)

#J

1/0.13

1/0.05

13/0.17

44/1.34

60/0.5

102/0.36

221/2.5 (1.2 %)

#K

401/0.32

1/0.10

47/2.45

59/0.62

54/2.61

265/1.25

827/7.4 (0.9 %)

  1. aTotal and acid-extracted concentrations of each metal
  2. bConcentration of six metals: total/acid-extracted/ % of acid-extracted to total contents