Research Article

Source and Ecological Risk Characteristics of PAHs in Sediments from Qinhuai River and Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing, China

Table 2

Mean PAHs concentrations (ng/g), range in surface sediments from Qinhuai River during various seasons.

PAHs (rings)AutumnWinterSpringSummer
MeanRangeMeanRangeMeanRangeMeanRange

Nap (2)74.3–1486.869.0–272.50–903.00–785.1
Ace (3)0–379.90–34.011.0–1145.20–126.7
Flu (3)0.9–529.572.5–211.923.0–248.77.9–67.6
Phe (3)71.3–1853.883.0–752.636–1787.70–488.8
Ant (3)28.1–814.912.6–284.318.5–653.23.6–105.1
Fla (4)0–293.70–88.50–219.70–32.6
Pyr (4)0–35.70–32.30–199.90–178
BaA (4)28.2–815.725.9–267.522.4–271.133.2–581.6
Chr (4)91.6–1,625.627.6–267.919.7–519.40–810.9
BbF (5)200.1–1,102.20–726.092.8–221332.1–846.1
BkF (5)12.1–141.933.2–231.67.6–680.86.5–170.2
BaP (5)17.3–396.667.8–492.621.1–1,225.110.1–112.2
DahA (5)48.4–552.80–300.02.1–1,162.923.4–465.8
BghiP(6)49.9–806.6158.0–647.50–2,154.936.4–352.6
∑PAHs2,041.2–9,323.5796.2–4,269.31,416.4–10,470.0387–2,446.4
∑LMWPAHs183.9–3,957.6250.7–1,396.9679.8–2,752.265.8–925.5
∑HMWPAHs608.8–5,365.8545.5–2,909.9394.1–7,717.8257.3–2,142.7