Research Article
Sediment Chemistry and Meiofauna from the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf
Table 3
Total PAH, total EPA priority pollutant PAH and organic carbon concentrations, and animal densities at each site.
| Site | Total PAH (g/kg) | Total EPA PP PAH (g/kg) | Organic carbon (%) | Nematodes/10 cm2 | Copepods/10 cm2 |
| 73 | 928 | 704 | 1.4 | 58 | 4 | 75 | 1164 | 630 | 1.06 | 206 | 12 | 77 | 1006 | 565 | 0.78 | 162 | 10 | 78 | 815 | 327 | 1.01 | 52 | 2 | 80 | 591 | 337 | 1.34 | 295 | 9 | 81 | 234 | 177 | 1.33 | 245 | 2 | 82 | 141 | 125 | 1.09 | 88 | 1 | 83 | 16 | 16 | 1.4 | 376 | 5 | 84 | 94 | 94 | 1.29 | 792 | 21 | 85 | 144 | 144 | 1 | 132 | 3 | 86 | 159 | 141 | 0.5 | 163 | 3 | 87 | 231 | 196 | 0.33 | 37 | 3 | 89 | 144 | 75 | 0.39 | 86 | 2 | 90 | 109 | 68 | 0.43 | 70 | 1 | 91 | 174 | 95 | 0.31 | 32 | 49 | 97 | 339 | 183 | 1.06 | 193 | 5 | 98 | 256 | 175 | 0.3 | 48 | 14 | 99 | 278 | 123 | 0.77 | 340 | 8 | 102 | 505 | 335 | 0.99 | 109 | 2 | 103 | 619 | 325 | 0.83 | 74 | 1 | 104 | 219 | 135 | 0.38 | 210 | 21 | 111 | 351 | 110 | x | 70 | 2 | 112 | 360 | 119 | 0.31 | 54 | 68 | 113 | 1150 | 562 | 0.68 | 60 | 4 | 161 | 886 | 395 | 0.79 | 104 | 11 | 162 | 1624 | 818 | 0.83 | 66 | 13 |
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