Ecological impact of fast industrialization inferred from a sediment core in Seocheon, West Coast of Korean Peninsula

Table 1 Comparison of sediment accumulation rates (SAR) and element accumulation rates

Region	SAR (mm year^-1)	Dry mass (kg m^-2 year^-1)	Organic carbon (kg m^-2 year^-1)	P (g m^-2 year^-1)	Source
Yonghwasil-mot	0.91–8.88	0.79–4.27	0.10–0.59	41.85–456.71	This study
Sanggae reservoir	2.91	2.1–6.0	0.01–0.8	–	Kim (2005)
Mujechi-neup	0.10–0.12	0.2–0.4	0.09–0.3	–	Kim (2005)
Upo wetland	0.4–10	0.7–2.3	–	–	Kim and Kim (2010)
Anderson Marsh	4.1–5.2	1.07–1.38	0.11–0.16	1.17–1.32	Kim (2003)
Everglades	1.6–4.0	0.14–0.36	0.005–0.010	0.06–0.14	Craft and Richardson (1993); Kim (2003)

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