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Table 4 Particle size distribution from the main sampling sites exemplarily shown for the sampling event in winter/spring 2016 as measured by the particle size analyser Beckmann Coulter LS 200

From: The importance of sediments in ecological quality assessment of stream headwaters: embryotoxicity along the Nidda River and its tributaries in Central Hesse, Germany

 

Particle size distribution (µm)

0–20

20–63

63–200

200–630

630–2000

N1

10.4

8.95

12.7

49.0

19.0

N2

19.8

3.9

4.4

32.8

39.1

N3

28.2

27.9

25.4

14.6

3.9

N4

24.7

25.2

25.3

20.5

4.2

N5

31.5

21.8

21.0

23.6

2.1

N6

21.3

17.0

20.7

22.5

18.5

H1

22.6

14.9

17.4

29.0

16.1

H2

13.9

13.9

14.7

22.2

35.4

H3

29.0

37.4

21.8

8.9

2.9

H4

36.6

32.5

18.9

10.2

2.1

U1

41.4

14.9

14.0

21.4

8.2

U2

29.2

23.7

21.4

18.7

7.1

U3

11.2

4.6

10.8

54.3

19.1

U4

25.3

7.7

9.3

23.4

34.3