Research Article
Occurrence and Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water and Sediment Collected along the Harbour Line, Mumbai, India
Table 3
Comparison of total PAH concentrations (μg/L) in sub-surface water from various marine sites around the world.
| | Location | Year of Sampling | | Range | References |
| | Chesapeake Bay, USA | 1995 | 17 | 0.02–0.0657 | Gustafson and Dickhut [9] | | Baltic Sea | 1995 | 14 | 0.300–0.594 | Maldonado et al. [15] | | Western Xiamen Bay, China | 1998 | — | 0.106–0.945 | Zhou et al. [16] | | Alexandria coast, Egypt | — | — | 0.013–0.120 | El Nemr and Abd-Allah [17] | | Daya Bay, China | 1999 | 16 | 4.228–29.32 | Zhou and Maskaoui [18] | | Northern Spanish | 2002 | 25 | 0.19–28.8 | González et al. [19] | | Saronikos Gulf (Greece) | — | 17 | 0.425–0.459 | Valavanidis et al. [20] | | Gerlache Inlet sea (Antarctica) | — | — | 0.005–0.009 | Stortini et al. [21] | | Deep Bay, South China | 2004 | 15 | 0.0247–0.069 | Qiu et al. [22] | | Western Taiwan Strait, China | 2009 | — | 0.0123–0.058 | Wu et al. [23] | | Mumbai Harbour Line, India | 2008 | 15 | 8.66–46.74 | Present study |
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N: number of PAH compounds analysed in each study.
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