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Table 4 Concentration of PAHs in sediment from many aquatic areas around the<br />

world.<br />

Aquatic area/ Country PAHs Concentration<br />

(µg/kg dwt)<br />

Reference<br />

Black River /<br />

United States<br />

Acenaphthene 1,100 Broman et al. (1987)<br />

Rainy River / Canada Pyrene nd – 160 Merriman (1988)<br />

Aquatic area in Stockholm Indeno(1,2,3-cd) 486 Broman et al. (1987)<br />

/ Sweden<br />

pyrene<br />

Mediterranean Sea / Acenapthylene nd – 2,000 Milano et al. (1985)<br />

France Benzo(a)anthracene 1 – 900<br />

Benzo(ghi)pyrylene nd – 400<br />

Perylene 1 – 2,200<br />

North Sea /<br />

United Kingdom<br />

Benzo(a)pyrene 0.2 – 460 Massie et al. (1985)<br />

Adriatic Sea / Italy Dibenzo(a,h)<br />

0.5 - 4.2 Marcomini et al.<br />

anthracene<br />

(1986)<br />

Naphthalene 0.7 - 8.6<br />

Boston Bay / Anthracene nd – 507 Shiaris and<br />

United States Pyrene 196 – 66,831 Jambard–Sweet<br />

(1986)<br />

Chesapeake Bay / Benzo(a) 2 – 150 Huggett et al. (1988)<br />

United States fluoranthene<br />

Vancouver Bay / Canada Fluorene 100 Environment Canada<br />

(1994)<br />

A small Lake in Oslo /<br />

Norway<br />

Benzo(e)pyrene 80 Gjessing et al. (1984)<br />

Leman Lake / Switzerland Benzo(ghi)<br />

fluoranthene<br />

75 Dreier et al. (1985)<br />

Coronene 1<br />

Triphenylene 25<br />

Gironde estuary / France Benzo(k)<br />

< 0.1 – 24 Garrigues et al.<br />

fluoranthene<br />

(1987)<br />

Great Barrier Reef / Chrysene<br />

< 0.04 - 0.8 Smith et al. (1987)<br />

Australia<br />

Fluoranthene<br />

< 0.1 - 7.2<br />

Mabtaphut / Thailand Total PAHs 0.06 – 1.87 * Suthanaruk (1991)<br />

The lower Tha Chin River<br />

/ Thailand<br />

2-6 rings PAHs 2.7 * Sunwanich (1991)<br />

Gulf of Thailand /<br />

Thailand<br />

Total PAHs 13.63 – 123.52 Sarin (1994)<br />

Seashore, Rayong /<br />

Thailand<br />

Total PAHs 0.28 * Tappatat (1995)<br />

Tha Chin River / Thailand Total PAHs 0.22 – 1.52 * Chaipuriwong (2001)<br />

Note: * µg/g dwt<br />

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