Distribution and Bioconcentration of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Water and Fishes

Table 4

Correlations of log 𝐾_oc against log 𝐾_ow values determined for selected PAHs. 𝑎, 𝑏, and 𝑅² correspond, respectively to slope, intercept, and square determination coefficient.

Sorbent	Sorption experiment	𝑎	𝑏	𝑅^2
Coarse size fraction in sediments [34]	laboratory	1.00	−0.21	1.00
Soil and sediments [35]	laboratory	1.00	−0.317	0.98
Seine River suspensions [24]	In situ	0.70	2.75	0.95
SPM of Pearl River Delta [20]	In situ	0.58	3.41	0.98
SPM of Xijiang River [5]	In situ	0.71	1.68	0.95
SPM of Dongjiang River (This study)	In situ	0.27	5.39	0.57 (𝑟)
SPM of Pearl River (This study)	In situ	0.51	4.03	0.897 (𝑟)