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  Open File Report 01-499, Temporal Changes in Grain Size and Organic-Mineral Aggregates
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Table 2.   Average textural parameters and standard error among replicate surface samples (0-0.5 centimeters)

Grain size statistics the 0-0.5 centimeters surficial interval of cores collected from long term monitoring stations #2 and #3 near the sewage outfall site in Massachusetts Bay.

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CRUISE STATION % MEAN SAND ERROR % MEAN SILT ERROR % MEAN CLAY error % MEAN MUD ERROR MEAN % AGGRS ERROR SAND+SILT COMMENTS
w1 2 no data   no data   no data   no data
w2 2 94.85 0.00 3.00 0.00 2.14 0.00 5.14   1.87   97.85 n=1
w3 2 94.68 0.00 4.83 0.00 0.49 0.00 5.32   1.51   99.51 n=1
w4 2 96.50 0.00 3.10 0.00 0.41 0.00 3.51   1.04   99.60 n=1
w5 2 no data   no data   no data   no data
w6 2 96.99 0.00 2.36 0.00 0.65 0.00 3.01   1.82   99.05 n=1
w7 2 92.82 1.76 6.33 1.75 0.84 0.02 7.17 1.75 1.48 0.27 99.15  
w8 2 90.79 10.90 7.93 7.92 1.29 1.54 9.17 10.83 1.12 0.33 98.72 n=2
w9 2 98.46 0.61 1.26 0.41 0.27 0.21 1.54 0.61 1.30 0.32 99.72  
w10 2 no data   no data   no data   no data
w11 2 99.72 0.10 0.17 0.06 0.12 0.04 0.69 0.46 0.40 0.09 99.89 n=2; New 4 ½" Corer
w12 2 no data   no data   no data   no data
w13 2 97.30 2.01 1.58 0.63 1.45 0.83 3.03 1.45 0.81 0.13 98.88  
w14 2 98.76 0.21 0.85 0.25 0.39 0.07 0.99 0.41 0.60 0.11 99.61  
w15 2 98.72 0.33 0.76 0.16 0.52 0.16 1.28 0.32 0.75 0.08 99.48 n=2
w16 2 97.19 0.62 1.49 0.38 1.32 0.24 2.81 0.62 0.55 0.43 98.68  
w17 2 99.09 0.24 0.68 0.19 0.23 0.07 0.91 0.24 0.74 0.40 99.77  
w18 2 98.59 0.66 0.89 0.47 0.53 0.20 1.42 0.66 0.68 0.03 99.47  
w19 2 97.24 3.17 1.40 1.53 1.36 1.64 2.76 3.17 0.74 0.26 98.64  
w20 2 96.85 1.76 2.27 1.21 0.88 0.55 3.15 1.76 0.72 0.17 99.12  
w21 2 97.54 1.43 1.43 0.81 1.03 0.62 2.46 1.43 0.88 0.26 98.96  
w22 2 97.28 1.20 1.66 0.75 1.06 0.48 2.71 1.20 0.39 0.15 98.94  
w23 2 97.78 2.91 1.53 2.06 0.68 0.86 2.22 2.91 0.60 0.16 99.31  
w24 2 99.41 0.20 0.44 0.20 0.14 0.04 0.50 0.20 0.59 0.03 99.85  
w25 2 97.41 0.97 1.31 0.50 1.28 0.47 2.59 0.97 0.62 0.21 98.72  
w26 2 99.46 0.23 0.44 0.21 0.10 0.02 0.54 0.22 0.41 0.11 99.90  
mh27 2 98.10 1.12 1.55 0.97 0.52 0.18 1.90 1.11 0.57 0.12 99.65  
mh28 2 96.56 1.06 2.61 0.79 0.83 0.28 3.44 1.05 0.71 0.10 97.62  
mh29 2 96.63 2.33 2.62 1.88 0.75 0.44 3.36 2.31 0.81 0.11 99.25  
mh30 2 98.47 0.50 0.80 0.24 0.72 0.26 1.52 0.49 0.73 0.19 99.27  
mh31 2 94.98 2.14 2.94 1.52 2.08 0.83 5.02 2.14 0.73 0.08 97.92  
mh32 2 98.18 1.56 1.08 0.75 0.84 0.64 1.91 1.38 0.64 0.29 99.26  
mh33 2 96.71 2.92 1.88 1.52 1.43 1.41 3.31 2.94 0.93 0.61 98.59 n=2
mh34 2 94.85 0.50 3.03 0.32 2.12 0.17 5.15 0.50 0.98 0.28 97.88 n=2
mh35 2 97.88 0.72 1.07 0.32 1.05 0.41 2.12 0.73 0.71 0.10 98.85 n=2
mh36 2 97.26 2.11 1.65 1.32 1.11 0.80 2.76 2.12 1.11 0.19 98.91 n=2
   
     
w1 3 no data   no data   no data   no data
w2 3 24.72 0.00 58.61 0.00 16.67 0.00 75.28   9.56   83.33 n=1
w3 3 26.42 0.00 63.45 0.00 10.13 0.00 73.58   5.85   89.87 n=1
w4 3 34.38 0.00 58.13 0.00 7.49 0.00 65.62   6.47   92.51 n=1
w5 3 31.75 6.97 59.43 3.71 8.82 3.37 68.25 6.98 7.20 3.54 91.18  
w6 3 38.60 0.00 53.68 0.00 7.72 0.00 61.40   7.10   92.28 n=1
w7 3 22.68 3.93 66.61 1.71 10.71 2.69 77.32 3.93 10.13 3.52 89.29  
w8 3 22.03 3.69 69.35 0.62 8.61 3.12 77.97 3.69 7.03 2.90 91.38  
w9 3 32.34 6.78 55.99 9.37 11.67 3.61 67.66 6.79 13.71 10.46 88.33  
w10 3 no data   no data   no data   no data
w11 3 13.20 8.41 40.75 4.49 46.06 3.91 86.81 8.41 7.10 6.07 53.95 n=2; New 4 ½" Corer
w12 3 23.68 5.85 41.90 3.74 34.42 3.37 76.32 5.86 27.13 7.36 65.58  
w13 3 14.15 4.58 57.58 10.58 28.25 7.54 85.84 4.59 53.57 34.31 71.73 High Aggregates!
w14 3 20.66 8.49 50.12 6.66 29.21 11.66 79.34 8.50 11.40 5.25 70.78  
w15 3 34.28 8.96 44.52 9.81 21.19 6.77 66.94 7.74 18.05 5.11 78.80 n=4
w16 3 24.88 9.82 53.35 4.56 21.77 5.58 71.11 9.82 13.95 4.02 78.28  
w17 3 24.36 1.52 58.99 4.59 16.65 3.59 75.64 1.52 8.44 1.17 83.35  
w18 3 32.27 1.42 46.68 1.60 21.04 2.99 67.73 1.42 7.65 1.88 78.95  
w19 3 21.22 3.29 55.72 1.84 23.06 2.06 78.77 3.29 12.34 2.19 76.94  
w20 3 28.75 7.41 51.81 11.51 19.44 6.82 71.25 7.41 7.05 2.74 80.56  
w21 3 24.34 6.44 50.99 5.09 24.67 2.13 75.66 6.44 8.35 3.78 75.33  
w22 3 25.10 14.39 61.38 11.65 13.52 3.35 74.90 14.39 3.71 2.11 86.54  
w23 3 29.61 1.11 56.75 7.69 13.14 6.01 69.90 1.75 4.93 0.97 86.36  
w24 3 30.09 5.99 63.35 3.97 6.56 3.41 69.91 5.98 4.45 1.27 93.44  
w25 3 26.64 11.33 61.51 12.10 11.84 5.09 73.36 11.33 7.14 0.64 88.15  
w26 3 22.15 4.04 69.38 1.67 8.47 3.67 77.85 4.05 3.23 0.21 91.53  
mh27 3 50.99 6.29 43.96 6.40 5.05 0.24 49.01 6.29 5.82 3.17 94.95  
mh28 3 39.29 6.82 54.02 7.9 6.68 2.91 60.71 6.83 4.92 1.17 93.31  
mh29 3 28.97 15.96 58.68 13.18 12.34 3.31 71.03 15.96 3.71 0.34 87.65  
mh30 3 33.72 4.04 52.28 5.58 13.99 8.26 66.42 4.27 4.43 1.10 86.01  
mh31 3 24.96 1.89 59.55 4.41 15.49 2.83 74.87 2.08 5.99 1.94 84.51  
mh32 3 28.64 6.45 58.90 6.55 12.44 2.08 71.35 6.45 7.14 3.70 87.54  
mh33 3 35.84 0.29 53.05 2.76 11.11 3.04 64.16 0.28 10.97 0.71 88.89 n=2
mh34 3 17.47 6.50 70.86 2.82 11.67 9.32 82.53 6.50 2.98 1.43 88.33 n=2
mh35 3 34.21 7.57 37.44 3.42 28.35 4.21 65.79 7.58 7.04 2.10 71.65  
mh36 3 10.72   49.86   39.42   89.28   4.78   60.58 n=1
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