Assessing the Ecological Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments at Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Table 2

Average recovery of 18 PAHs in marine sediment (SRM 1941b).

PAHs	Abbreviation	Recovery% ± SDV
Naphthalene	Nap	123±14
1-Methylnaphthalene	1MNap	137±13
2-Methylnaphthalene	2MNap	74±6
Acenaphthylene	Acy	133±11
Acenaphthene	Ace	128±3
Fluorene	Fl	99±4
Phenanthrene	Phe	94±2
Anthracene	Ant	71±11
Fluoranthene	FIu	73±10
Pyrene	Pyr	79±4
Benzo[a]anthracene	BaA	74±8
Chrysene	Chr	87±24
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	BbF	99±16
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	BkF	77±15
Benzo[a]pyrene	BaP	79±20
Indeno[123-cd]pyrene	InP	75±11
Dibenzo[ah]anthracene	DBA	106±20
Benzo[ghi]perylene	BgP	90±32