Spatial Distribution of Selected Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of the EEZ of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Table 11

Contamination factors (CFs) and pollution load indices (PLIs) of sediment heavy metals in the study area.

Station	Elements
	Al	Fe	Cu	Mn	Zn	Co	PLI
SF1	0.6	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5
SF2	0.6	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5
SF3	0.6	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5
SF4	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.5
SF5	0.5	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5
SF6	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.5
SF7	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4
SF8	0.5	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4
SF9	0.5	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4
SF10	0.4	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.4
SF11	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4
SF12	0.4	1.6	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5
SF13	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5
SF14	0.5	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.6	0.4
SF15	0.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.4
SF16	0.4	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4
SF17	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4
SF18	0.4	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4
SF19	0.1	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
SF20	0.5	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.4
SF21	0.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4
SF22	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.5
SF23	0.6	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.5
SF24	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4
SF25	0.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.4
SF26	0.5	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4
SF27	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.3
SF28	0.5	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.4
SF29	0.5	1.9	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.5
SF30	0.7	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.4
Average	0.5	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4