Bioavailability and Assessment of Metal Contamination in Surface Sediments of Rades-Hamam Lif Coast, around Meliane River (Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea)

Table 6

Geoaccumulation index (Igeo), contamination factor (C_f), and pollution load index (PLI) values in surface sediments from the Rades-Hamam Lif coast.

Stations	Cf (Cd)	Cf (Cu)	Cf (Cr)	Cf (Zn)	Cf (Pb)	Cf (Ni)	Igeo (Cd)	Igeo (Cr)	Igeo (Ni)	Igeo (Pb)	Igeo (Cu)	Igeo (Zn)	PLI
1	1.2	1.9	1.2	1.1	1.3	2.0	0.31	2.4	2.5	2.7	0.8	2.9	1.4
2	1.2	1.7	1.2	1.1	0.6	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	1.1
3	1.2	0.7	2.9	2.9	1.7	2.3	0.31	2.8	2.6	2.8	0.6	3.3	1.7
4	1.9	3.3	2.5	1.9	1.0	1.5	0.32	2.7	2.4	2.6	1.0	3.1	1.9
5	1.0	3.6	2.7	1.6	1.1	1.5	0.31	2.7	2.4	2.6	1.1	3.1	1.7
6	1.2	4.5	2.9	2.3	1.7	1.8	0.31	2.8	2.5	2.8	1.2	3.2	2.2
7	1.1	60.2	1.3	1.2	2.0	1.0	0.31	2.4	2.3	2.9	2.2	2.9	2.5
8	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.4	0.9	1.1	0.31	2.5	2.3	2.6	0.8	3.0	1.2
9	1.0	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.2	0.31	2.5	2.3	2.6	0.7	3.0	1.2
10	1.5	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.32	2.4	2.3	2.8	0.7	2.8	1.2
11	1.3	1.6	1.8	2.0	2.1	1.4	0.31	2.6	2.4	2.9	0.8	3.2	1.7
12	1.1	2.6	1.4	1.7	1.4	1.2	0.31	2.5	2.3	2.8	1.0	3.1	1.5
13	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.3	2.1	1.1	0.31	2.5	2.3	2.9	0.7	3.0	1.3
14	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.31	2.4	2.4	2.7	0.8	3.0	1.3
15	1.2	1.7	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.31	2.4	2.3	2.6	0.8	2.9	1.2
16	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.31	2.4	2.2	2.7	0.7	2.9	1.1
17	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.6	1.1	1.3	0.31	2.4	2.4	2.6	0.7	3.1	1.2
18	4.4	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.0	1.2	0.35	2.5	2.3	2.6	0.8	3.1	1.7
19	0.8	0.8	0.8	13.1	1.5	0.9	0.31	2.2	2.2	2.8	0.6	4.0	1.4
20	0.8	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.31	2.3	2.2	2.7	0.7	2.8	1.0
21	2.1	9.1	0.8	0.7	4.2	2.9	0.32	2.2	2.7	3.2	1.4	2.7	2.3