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

Table 7

Pearson coefficient for Ni, Zn, Cr, Cd, Cu, Pb, sand, clay, silt, and TOC for surface sediments of the Rades-Hamam Lif coast.

Variables	Ni (µg/g)	Zn (µg/g)	Cr (µg/g)	Cd (µg/g)	Cu (µg/g)	Pb (µg/g)	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	TOC (%)
Ni (µg/g)	1	−0.09	0.29	0.67	−0.1	0.15	−0.03	0.3	−0.19	−0.38
Zn (µg/g)		1	0.46	0.1	0.63	0.41	−0.24	0.11	0.24	0.04
Cr µg/g)			1	0.63	0.65	0.72	−0.04	0.14	−0.05	−0.31
Cd (µg/g)				1	0.14	0.62	−0.32	0.51	0.05	0.03
Cu (µg/g)					1	0.48	0.03	−0.05	−0.01	−0.11
Pb (µg/g)						1	−0.44	0.3	0.38	0.24
Sand (%)							1	−0.7	−0.84	−0.7
Silt (%)								1	0.2	0.36
Clay (%)									1	0.68
TOC (%)										1