Research Article
Occurrence and Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water and Sediment Collected along the Harbour Line, Mumbai, India
Table 2
Concentrations of ∑PAHs (ng/g, dry wt.) in sediment collected along the harbour line, Mumbai, India.
| | | Place of collection | | PAHs | SEWRI ()* | MAHUL ()* | NHAVA ()* | | | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean |
| | Naphthalene | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | | Acenaphthene | <1–245 | 110 | <1–5265 | 1821 | <1 | <1 | | Fluorene | <1 | <1 | <1–28 | 9 | <1 | 16 | | Phenanthrene | <1–354 | 120 | <1–51 | 31 | 9–24 | 410 | | Anthracene | <1–331 | 110 | <1–6.2 | 2 | <1–1228 | 658 | | Fluoranthene | <1 | <1 | <1–70496 | 24857 | 527–955 | 17 | | Pyrene | <1–12 | 8 | <1–419 | 271 | 8–23 | 89 | | Benzo(a)anthracene | <1–6 | 2 | <1–107 | 54 | 37–143 | 152 | | Chrysene | <1–22 | 8 | <1–344 | 170 | 13–424 | 193 | | Benzo(b)fluoranthene | <1–2796 | 932 | <1 | <1 | 110–470 | 293 | | Benzo(k)fluoranthene | <1–472 | 204 | <1–40914 | 17486 | <1–480 | 9 | | Benzo(a)pyrene | <1–265 | 90 | <1–364 | 201 | <1–28 | 739 | | Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene | <1–359 | 135 | 104–1450 | 999 | 316–1417 | 210 | | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 17.3–920 | 337 | 92–13696 | 5153 | <1–491 | 1251 | | Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | <1–1498 | 552 | 168–994 | 552 | <1–3395 | <1 |
| | Total PAHs | 17–7280 | 2608 | 364–134134 | 51606 | 1020–9078 | 4037 |
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<1: values below detectable concentration, *pooled from 9 sediment samples.
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