Effects of Land-Use Change on Characteristics and Dynamics of Watershed Discharges in Babeldaob, Palau, Micronesia

Table 2

Terrestrial, organic, and carbonate sediments recorded in sediment traps at the different stations at the four reef sites. Numbers shown are mean sedimentation rates in mg cm⁻² d⁻¹  ± SE.

Bay site	Station	Sample size (𝑛)	Terrestrial sediments	Organic sediments	Carbonate sediments	Total sediments
Diongradid	1	22	1.05±0.24	0.47±0.11	0.66±0.10	2.18±0.42
Diongradid	2	22	0.12±0.01	0.09±0.01	0.57±0.13	0.77±0.51
Diongradid	3	22	0.15±0.05	0.09±0.02	0.87±0.14	1.11±0.14
Diongradid	4	22	0.12±0.04	0.07±0.01	0.62±0.06	0.82±0.07
Diongradid	5	22	0.25±0.10	0.18±0.07	1.92±0.24	2.35±0.35
Ngermeduu	1	18	3.21±0.47	1.20±0.12	1.36±0.36	5.77±0.91
Ngermeduu	2	18	4.62±0.66	2.65±0.45	3.13±0.92	10.09±1.53
Ngermeduu	3	18	2.14±0.15	1.12±0.11	2.57±0.38	6.84±1.12
Ngermeduu	4	18	0.48±0.08	0.29±0.04	1.31±0.13	2.07±0.24
Ngermeduu	5	18	0.41±0.06	0.18±0.02	1.78±0.19	2.36±0.26
Ngerdorch	1	14	29.95±1.26	9.49±0.47	6.32±0.36	45.76±2.10
Ngerdorch	2	14	1.76±0.39	0.57±0.12	1.27±0.15	3.47±0.57
Ngerdorch	3	14	0.54±0.10	0.21±0.04	2.00±0.36	2.70±0.45
Ngerdorch	4	14	0.65±0.09	0.20±0.03	3.40±0.47	4.17±0.57
Ngerdorch	5	14	0.40±0.07	0.20±0.03	4.77±0.71	5.32±0.80
Ngerikiil	1	14	4.08±0.37	1.51±0.13	1.75±0.16	7.24±0.55
Ngerikiil	2	14	0.85±0.11	0.31±0.04	0.98±0.44	2.05±0.44
Ngerikiil	3	14	1.08±0.09	0.81±0.14	5.73±1.37	7.59±1.53
Ngerikiil	4	14	0.88±0.16	0.47±0.07	6.80±1.14	8.11±1.31
Ngerikiil	5	14	0.30±0.06	0.39±0.08	10.68±3.01	11.7±3.7