Fate and Transport of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Upland Irish Headwater Lake Catchments

Table 2

Estimated lake water and measured soil concentrations (0–5 cm) of 15 PAHs for upland study catchment (𝑛=5): Lough Cummeenoughter (CUM), Lough Adanacleveen (ADA), Mullincrick Lough (MUL), Sgilloge Lough (SGI), and Cleevaun Lough (CLE).

PAHs	Rings		Estimated lake concentrations (pg L^−1)					Soil concentrations (ng g^−1)
	no.	Log 𝐾ow	Range					Range
			Min	Max	Mean	SD	%ΣPAHs	Min	Max	Mean	SD	%ΣPAHs
Naphthalene	2	3.45	ND	4.55	0.91	2.03	0.40	6.57	15.9	12.8	3.66	2.92
Acenaphthylene	3	4.08	ND	11.0	2.21	4.94	0.97	0.00	3.36	0.67	1.5	0.15
Acenaphthene	3	4.22	ND	8.32	1.66	3.72	0.73	0.24	3.51	1.70	1.3	0.39
Fluorene	3	4.38	ND	12.8	6.79	4.84	2.98	0.45	12.4	5.20	4.5	1.19
Phenanthrene	3	4.46	65.3	302.0	129.0	98.7	56.7	2.91	91.6	47.4	37.7	10.8
Anthracene	3	4.54	ND	38.0	7.59	17.0	3.34	1.02	70.4	25.1	27.6	5.73
Fluoranthene	4	5.2	0.63	163.1	49.6	64.6	21.8	16.8	567.8	160.8	232.2	36.7
Pyrene	4	5.3	ND	92.6	25.3	38.0	11.1	13.5	272.3	84.8	108.1	19.4
Benz[a]anthracene+Chrysene*	4	5.61–5.91	ND	12.4	3.86	0.52	1.70	4.62	158.8	41.2	66.2	9.40
Benzo[b]fluoranthene*	5	5.78	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.00	1.92	169.1	38.3	73.2	8.76
Benzo[a]pyrene*	5	6.35	ND	1.21	0.47	0.52	0.21	ND	7.44	1.61	3.3	0.37
Benzo[ghi]perylene	6	6.75	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.00	ND	63.4	13.2	28.1	3.02
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene*	5	6.51	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.00	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.00
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene*	6	6.9	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.00	ND	24.5	4.89	10.9	1.12

*known carcinogen.