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Table 3 Spatial distribution of organotin compounds (average of three replicates ± SD) in the Nearshore area including the shoreside zones and the center area of channel

From: Spatiotemporal variation and source apportionment of organotin compounds in sediments in the Yangtze Estuary

Sampling year

Sampling area

Number

MBT

DBT

TBT

DPhT

TPhT

Total

ng Sn g−1 dw

2015

Shoreside zone

FS2

11.3 ± 2.4

6 ± 2.5

4.8 ± 0.7

4.2 ± 2.1

ND

26.3

FS5

7.7 ± 1.5

7.9 ± 1.3

ND

4.0 ± 2.1

3.4 ± 1.0

23

FS6

7.5 ± 3.8

11.8 ± 2.1

5.3 ± 2.6

4.0 ± 1.5

2 ± 1.4

30.6

F2

9.9 ± 4.0

6.3 ± 1.1

9.6 ± 1.1

ND

4.5 ± 1.1

30.3

Channel center

FS3

ND

ND

5.5 ± 1.3

ND

ND

5.5

FS4

ND

ND

2.9 ± 1.5

ND

ND

2.9

F1

ND

ND

2.9 ± 2.0

ND

ND

2.9

F3

ND

ND

3.9 ± 1.8

ND

ND

3.9

2016

Shoreside zone

FS1

6.4 ± 2.3

9.4 ± 0.6

ND

ND

ND

15.8

FS2

5.8 ± 1.4

6.7 ± 2.2

ND

3.9 ± 1.0

5.2 ± 4.1

21.6

FS5

5.4 ± 3.2

7.8 ± 2.5

ND

3.3 ± 2.6

5.6 ± 1.3

22.1

FS6

13.2 ± 2.9

5.8 ± 1.6

ND

4.1 ± 3.3

3.2 ± 2.0

27.3

S1

3.1 ± 2.1

10.3 ± 2.6

3.5 ± 2.4

5.6 ± 1.2

7.3 ± 5.3

29.8

S3

ND

8.2 ± 3.5

4.7 ± 1.8

4.4 ± 3.2

8.0 ± 2.5

25.3

S5

6.6 ± 1.7

10.5 ± 1.7

ND

4.2 ± 4.0

6.5 ± 1.6

27.8

S6

11.3 ± 2.1

9.4 ± 4.3

ND

ND

ND

20.7

Channel center

FS3

ND

ND

6.5 ± 2.7

ND

1.5 ± 1.0

8

FS4

ND

ND

5.4 ± 1.9

ND

ND

5.4

S2

7.1 ± 1.1

ND

ND

ND

ND

7.1

S4

ND

ND

3.5 ± 2.8

ND

ND

3.5

  1. ND, below the limits of detection