Table 9. Average and range of total carbon, organic carbon, and carbonate as percentage of total 

 sample weight of surface sediments. 1 



Station 



Total Carbon 



Organic Carbon 



Carbonate 





Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



0.134 

 0.148 

 0.113 

 0.093 

 0.148 



0.010 to 0.839 

 0.025 to 1.761 

 0.021 to 0.803 

 0.029 to 0.389 

 0.032 to 1.096 



0.050 

 0.044 

 0.047 

 0.046 

 0.045 



0.006 to 0.200 

 0.010 to 0.197 

 0.008 to 0.154 

 0.005 to 0.208 

 0.006 to 0.169 



0.085 

 0.106 

 0.065 

 0.051 

 0.106 



0.001 to 0.796 

 0.001 to 0.697 

 0.000 to 0.760 

 0.001 to 0.196 

 0.002 to 0.481 



Yearly avg. 

 and range 



0.129 



0.010 to 1.761 



0.048 



0.005 to 0.208 



0.083 



0.001 to 1.697 



■'■Collected at each station from all transects in the nearshore zone of the Gulf of Mexico off Panama 

 City Beach, Florida. 



Table 10. Average and range of total carbon, organic carbon, and carbonate as percentage of total 

 sample weight of surface sediments, stations A and B.* 



Station 



Total Carbon 



Organic Carbon 



Carbonate 





Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



A 

 B 



0.102 

 0.174 



0.070 to 0.144 

 0.082 to 0.334 



0.051 

 0.069 



0.024 to 0.081 

 0.008 to 0.114 



0.051 

 0.105 



0.020 to 0.120 

 0.022 to 0.220 



Yearly avg. 

 and range 



0.133 



0.070 to 0.334 



0.058 



0.008 to 0.114 



0.074 



0.020 to 0.220 



Collected from stations A and B in the nearshore zone of the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City Beach, 

 Florida. 



Average and range of total carbon, organic carbon, and carbonate as percentage of total 

 sample weight of surface sediments on each transect. * 



Station 



Total Carbon 



Organic Carbon 



Carbonate 





Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



1 



0.138 



0.017 to 0.389 



0.074 



0.008. to 0.208 



0.065 



0.002 to 0.212 



2 



0.257 



0.021 to 1.761 



0.054 



0.014 to 0.197 



0.211 



0.004 to 1.697 



3 



0.125 



0.039 to 0.489 



0.047 



0.011 to 0.124 



0.081 



0.006 to 0.455 



4 



0.131 



0.025 to 0.729 



0.036 



0.008 to 0.086 



0.097 



0.002 to 0.700 



5 



0.153 



0.027 to 0.803 



0.052 



0.011 to 0.149 



0.104 



0.003 to 0.760 



6 



0.109 



0.025 to 0.284 



0.047 



0.006 to 0.177 



0.060 



0.001 to 0.237 



7 



0.074 



0.026 to 0.148 



0.047 



0.005 to 0.117 



0.026 



0.001 to 0.062 



8 



0.108 



0.010 to 0.643 



0.042 



0.006 to 0.160 



0.066 



0.000 to 0.481 



9 



0.066 



0.019 to 0.171 



0.031 



0.007 to 0.080 



0.035 



0.004 to 0.124 



Yearly avg. 

 and range 



0.129 



0.010 to 1.761 



0.048 



0.005 to 0.208 



0.083 



0.000 to 1.697 



'■Collected 

 Florida. 



on each transect in the nearshore zone of the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City Beach, 



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