Table 14. Metal concentrations (ppm, oven dry weight) of live Spar tina 

 alterniflora and S. patens (Giblin et al. 1980). 



S. patens 



0.12 

 23.00 



2.30 

 31.00 



3.10 

 26.00 

 80.00. 

 65.00 

 25.00, 

 21.00 

 37.00, 

 50.00 

 30.00 

 110.00 



^C=control plot; XF = metal-containing sewage sludge plot. 



Mean of four replicates (each replicate being a pool of three samples), 

 ^Mean of four replicates (each replicate being a pool of six samples). 



C and XF means are not significantly different at the 0.05 level. 



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