Research Article
Physicochemical Properties of Bottom Sediments in Maruba Dam Reservoir, Machakos, Kenya
Table 1
The mean values of the physicochemical properties.
| Sampling point | (%) | pH | (g·cm−3) | (mg·kg−1) | (dS⋅m−1) | Sand | Clay | Silt | N | K | OM | sBD | P | EC |
| 1 | 39.79 ± 1.88 | 55.61 ± 2.09 | 4.60 ± 1.74 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 0.47 ± 0.02 | 2.15 ± 0.12 | 6.64 ± 0.12 | 0.621 ± 0.016 | 12.58 ± 1.93 | 0.223 ± 0.5 | 2 | 40.00 ± 0.94 | 56.11 ± 1.94 | 3.89 ± 1.61 | 0.13 ± 0.11 | 0.46 ± 0.02 | 2.10 ± 0.72 | 6.63 ± 0.09 | 0.614 ± 0.016 | 13.02 ± 1.49 | 0.224 ± 0.05 | 3 | 39.44 ± 1.02 | 57.22 ± 0.75 | 3.33 ± 1.15 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.44 ± 0.01 | 2.05 ± 0.17 | 6.62 ± 0.11 | 0.625 ± 0.013 | 12.83 ± 1.2 | 0.23 ± 0.04 |
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