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Table 2 Body metal concentrations in lichens (in µg g−1, except iron content in %w/w)

From: Impact of nickel mining in New Caledonia assessed by compositional data analysis of lichens

Sample ID

Groups

Co

Cu

Cr

Fe

Ni

Zn

Ti

1

COUN (countryside)

2.1

8.2

26

0.19

43

75

128

8

2.0

2.2

18

0.24

26

59

181

9

2.0

3.5

19

0.17

83

30

100

10

21

19

120

2.12

443

92

2045

11

11

21

61

3.29

75

52

3974

11bis

10

16

58

3.23

65

45

3669

22

3.4

0.82

20

0.53

32

76

471

23

2.1

2.9

23

0.19

28

77

163

23bis

1.4

8.5

21

0.15

23

68

137

24

6.6

21.4

30

0.75

60

20

478

25

3.2

0.63

29

0.23

54

89

172

26

5.0

6.4

58

0.37

51

23

347

27

0.85

0.63

13

0.10

20

20

73

Geom mean

NOU (Noumea)

3.5

3.9

30

0.39

52

47

311

2

26

38

133

0.75

822

87

299

3

2.8

5.6

14

0.22

64

28

195

4

0.84

0.63

4.8

0.04

24

33

32

5

3.9

3.8

24

0.17

130

103

123

6

1.8

4.8

13

0.08

64

29

33

7

2.4

0.63

18

0.11

66

67

60

12

15

21

51

0.80

238

77

761

13

53

9.2

346

2.02

1981

934

939

14

12

2.4

60

0.45

429

69

188

15

100

15

319

2.15

4140

153

506

16

130

37

1046

4.67

4536

259

1138

16bis

124

23

966

4.35

4246

243

1033

17

15

13

86

0.92

427

110

711

18

12

8.4

76

0.49

432

63

226

19

50

111

400

2.16

1645

238

908

19bis

42

91

318

1.85

1462

230

696

20

33

9.2

157

0.94

1344

99

201

Geom mean

PORO (Poro)

13

7.7

72

0.52

400

95

247

28

176

2.4

1612

6.68

3536

147

64

29

14

0.47

111

0.53

204

33

10

30

24

5

254

1.37

391

36

164

32

323

15

1503

6.15

5216

76

69

32bis

294

14

1262

6.48

4725

67

61

33

11

6

666

1.84

325

30

43

34

0.31

0.70

12

0.04

12

3

3

35

11

0.76

118

0.48

191

49

28

36

64

13

565

2.02

949

44

28

Geom mean

21

3.7

272

1.12

418

35

30

  1. The geometric mean is also calculated for each group (the nth root of the product of n values). bis: independent replicates