THESIS APPROVAL
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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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