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Table 3 Species and content of PAHs in different water samples (unit: μg/L)

From: Characteristics of petroleum contaminants and their distribution in Lake Taihu, China

PAHa

S8

S10

S11

S24

S16

S16-1

S16-2

NaP

4.075

3.899

8.240

2.715

11.961

8.498

16.480

MNa

6.016

5.128

8.240

2.060

7.310

4.378

10.300

DMNa

-b

6.599

6.523

2.435

11.629

4.635

6.850

TMNa

-

-

-

-

-

-

5.562

AcP

0.284

0.368

0.343

0.094

0.332

0.258

1.030

Methyl biphenyl

-

0.294

-

-

-

-

-

Phe

-

0.147

0.343

0.468

0.831

0.515

4.120

MPhe

1.716

0.368

1.717

1.217

0.598

1.030

1.133

DMPhe

-

-

0.721

1.966

0.764

1.030

2.060

Flu

-

0.066

-

-

0.199

0.335

1.030

FL

0.149

0.294

1.030

0.187

0.066

0.077

0.927

Pyr

0.448

0.221

0.687

0.159

0.033

0.052

0.618

BaA

-

-

0.343

0.094

0.033

0.026

0.206

Chr

-

-

0.412

0.066

0.133

0.052

0.618

BbFL

-

0.007

-

-

0.033

-

0.618

BaP

-

0.066

-

-

-

-

0.082

BghiP

-

-

-

-

-

0.026

0.041

DBA

-

0.037

-

-

-

-

0.072

Total

12.688

17.495

28.600

11.461

33.924

20.912

51.747

  1. Note:
  2. a NaP: naphthalene, MNa: methylnaphthalene, DMNa: Dimethylnaphthalene, TMNa: trimethyl-NaP, AcP: acenaphthene, Phe: phenanthrene, MPhe: methylphenanthrene, Flu: fluorene, FL: fluoranthene, Pyr: pyrene, BaA: benz[a]anthracene, Chr: chrysene, BbFL: benzo[b]fluoranthene, BaP: benzo[a]pyrene, DBA: dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, BP: benzo[ghi]perylene.
  3. b Not detected.
  4. The species and contents of PAHs in different water samples are shown in Table 3.