[Retracted] Spatiotemporal Variation of Surface Sediment Quality in the Xiamen Sea Area, China

Table 1

Heavy metal background values in the Xiamen Sea area.

Sea area	Cu	Pb	Zn	Cd	Cr	Hg	As	References
WS	21.48	41.8	118.81	0.066	63.5	0.15	12.3	[12]
JE	20.0	65.6	125.9	0.237	38.7	0.15	12.3	[7]
ES	12.6	42.9	87.1	0.172	38.7	0.15	12.3
TB	15.1	45	91.6	0.197	38.7	0.15	12.3