Research Article

Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments of “La Zacatecana” Lagoon, Mexico

Table 1

Classification of pollution intensity as proposed by Müller [9].

ClassPollution intensity

<00Unpolluted
0-11Unpolluted to moderately polluted
1-22Moderately polluted
2-33Moderately to heavily polluted
3-44Heavily polluted
5-65Heavily to extremely polluted
>66Extremely polluted