Research Article
Source and Ecological Risk Characteristics of PAHs in Sediments from Qinhuai River and Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing, China
Table 6
The second set of SQGs values (TEL and PEL) for PAHs (ng/g d.w.) and relative percentage of sites including the range of Sediment Quality Guidelines.
| Compound | SQG (ng/g) | Autumn (% of sites) | Winter (% of sites) | Spring (% of sites) | Summer (% of sites) | TEL | PEL | <TEL | TEL–PEL | >PEL | <TEL | TEL–PEL | >PEL | <TEL | TEL–PEL | >PEL | <TEL | TEL–PEL | >PEL |
| Nap | 34.6 | 391 | — | 31 | 69 | — | 100 | — | 17 | 8 | 75 | 79 | — | 21 | Ace | 5.87 | 128 | 23 | — | — | 54 | 46 | — | — | 92 | 8 | 21 | 79 | — | Flu | 21.2 | 144 | 8 | 84 | 8 | — | 62 | 38 | — | 92 | 8 | 64 | 36 | — | Phe | 86.7 | 544 | 8 | 54 | 38 | 8 | 77 | 15 | 8 | 84 | 8 | 71 | 29 | — | Ant | 46.9 | 245 | 8 | 77 | 15 | 31 | 69 | — | 58 | 34 | 8 | 93 | 7 | — | Fla | 113 | 1494 | 85 | 15 | — | 100 | — | — | 92 | 8 | — | 100 | — | — | Pyr | 153 | 1398 | 100 | — | — | 100 | — | — | 92 | 8 | — | 86 | 14 | — | BaA | 75 | 693 | 31 | 69 | — | 23 | 77 | — | 25 | 75 | — | 29 | 71 | — | Chr | 108 | 846 | 8 | 77 | 15 | 31 | 69 | — | 67 | 33 | — | 21 | 79 | — | BaP | 88.8 | 763 | 46 | 54 | — | 23 | 77 | — | 33 | 59 | 8 | 93 | 7 | — | Total PAHs | 1684 | 11770 | 23 | 77 | — | 85 | 15 | — | 67 | 33 | — | 86 | 14 | — |
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