Parameter Concentration
Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) 19 ppm
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) 3.1ppm
pH 7.0
Nitrate 88 mg/kg
Salinity 10%
Phosphate 20 mg/kg
Temperature 27.6
Total organic carbon (TOC) 3.3%
Total heterotrophic bacterial count (THB) 6.3 ×105
Hydrocarbon utilizing Bacterial count (HUB) 4.6×105
Table 1: Baseline characteristics of sediment sample.